1866

1866 - O.C. Marsh and George Peabody

O.C. Marsh and George Peabody

Following his graduation in 1862, Marsh began discussions with his uncle and international financier George Peabody for a donation to design and build a natural history museum at Yale. A deed of gift for $150,000 was handed to Marsh in 1866, marking the founding of Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History.

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