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Phillips Exeter Academy (often called Exeter or PEA) is a independent, co-educational, college-preparatory school in Exeter, New Hampshire. Established in 1781, it is America's sixth-oldest boarding school. It educates roughly 1,100 boarding and day students in grades 9 through 12, as well as postgraduate students.
The following is a list of notable faculty, trustees, and alumni of Phillips Exeter Academy, a preparatory school in Exeter, New Hampshire, founded in 1781. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The first library at Phillips Exeter Academy was a single small room. A member of the class of 1833 remembered it as containing "old sermons and some history, scarcely ever read". [4] Even as late as 1905 the library had only two rooms and 2,000 volumes. Exeter Library atrium with crossbeams above and circular staircase below
John Phillips (December 27, 1719 – April 21, 1795) was an early American educator and the cofounder of Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, along with his wife, Elizabeth Phillips. He was a major donor to Dartmouth College , where he served as a trustee.
Phillips Academy's traditional rival is Phillips Exeter Academy, which was established three years later in Exeter, New Hampshire, by Samuel Phillips' uncle John Phillips. Andover and Exeter's sports teams have played each other since 1861, [ 14 ] and the football teams have met nearly every year since 1878, making Andover-Exeter one of the ...
Benjamin attended local schools before entering Phillips Exeter Academy in 1852 at age 15. From there, he studied at Brown. His first choice for an occupation was teaching.
Feb. 16—Former Trinity star still leading — at Phillips Exeter "HAVE you ever been to Front Row Pizza?" Tyler Bike is asked. The question seemed to catch Bike a little off-guard, but he still ...
A view of Phillips Exeter Academy from Phillips Church in 1911. The following is a list of principals of Phillips Exeter Academy, an independent preparatory school in Exeter, New Hampshire, founded in 1781 by John Phillips. [1] There have, since 1783, been 16 principals in total, including one interim principal.