William Bourne Oliver Peabody

William Bourne Oliver Peabody (July 9, 1799 – May 28, 1847) was a Unitarian minister and author in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.

His twin brother, Oliver William Bourne Peabody, was also a Unitarian minister at Burlington, Vermont, with identical birth and death years.

After two years as a theology student, he was licensed as a minister in 1819, and ordained as pastor of the Springfield Unitarian church in October 1820, in which position he remained for the rest of his life.

He contributed 48 articles to the North American Review, and wrote numerous sermons, poems, and prose pieces.

Among his best-known poems are "Hymn of Nature", "Monadnock", "Death", "The Autumn Evening", and "The Winter Night".