Eliphalet Pearson (June 11, 1752 – September 12, 1826) was an
American
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educator, the first
Preceptor of
Phillips Academy (1778–86), and the acting president of
Harvard University
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(1804–06). He also co-founded the
American Education Society American Society for the Education of Pious Youth for the Gospel Ministry was organized in 1815 for the purpose of aid in the education of Protestant clergymen. It was renamed American Education Society (AES) in 1820, 1911-1913 It was formed under a ...
.
[ 1911-1913]
Pearson graduated from Harvard in 1773, where he was a member of the
Hasty Pudding
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, after having attended Dummer Charity School (now known as
The Governor's Academy
The Governor's Academy is an independent school north of Boston located on in the village of Byfield, Massachusetts, United States (town of Newbury), north of Boston. The Academy enrolls approximately 412 students in grades nine through twelve ...
). He was elected a Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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in 1781.
After the death of
Joseph Willard
Joseph Willard (December 29, 1738 – September 25, 1804) was an American Congregational clergyman and academic. He was president of Harvard from 1781 until 1804.
Biography
Joseph Willard was born December 29, 1738, in Biddeford, York County ...
in 1804, Pearson became the interim president of Harvard University. He resigned that post in 1806, when
Samuel Webber
Samuel Webber (1759 – July 17, 1810) was an American Congregational clergyman, mathematician, academic, and president of Harvard University from 1806 until his death in 1810.
Biography
Samuel Webber was born in Byfield, Massachusetts in 1759. ...
became president.
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1752 births
1826 deaths
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
People from Newbury, Massachusetts
Presidents of Harvard University
Harvard College alumni
Hasty Pudding alumni
Heads of Phillips Academy Andover
18th-century American educators
The Governor's Academy alumni
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