Endicott Peabody (educator)

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Endicott Peabody (1857-20 January 1944) was the American Episcopal priest who founded the Groton School for boys, (in Groton, Massachusetts), in 1884. Peabody served as headmaster at Groton from 1884 until 1940, and also served as a trustee at Lawrence Academy at Groton. Peabody was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's headmaster at Groton, and he officiated at FDR's marriage to Eleanor Roosevelt.

He was born in Salem, Massachusetts to a wealthy family and married his first cousin, Fannie Peabody. Their grandchildren included Marietta Peabody Tree, and their great-grandchildren include author Frances FitzGerald, model Penelope Tree, and actress Kyra Sedgwick, wife of Kevin Bacon.

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