Eliphalet Pearson U.S. educator; 1st principal of Phillips Academy

Phillips Academy

Phillips Academy is a selective, co-educational independent boarding high school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, along with a post-graduate year...

 1778-1786; acting president of Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 1804-1806.

Pearson graduated from Harvard in 1773 after having attended Dummer Charity School (now known as The Governor's Academy

The Governor's Academy

The Governor's Academy is an independent school located on in the village of Byfield, Massachusetts, United States ; north of Boston. The Academy enrolls approximately 385 students in grades nine through twelve, 70% of whom are boarders...

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After the death of Joseph Willard

Joseph Willard

Joseph Willard was a U.S. Congregational clergyman and academic. He was educated at the Dummer Academy and Harvard College and served as pastor in Beverly, Massachusetts...

 in 1804, Pearson became the interim president of Harvard University. He resigned that post in 1806, when Samuel Webber became president.