page_title: List of Phillips Exeter Academy principals
hierarchical_section_title: List of Phillips Exeter Academy principals
caption_attribution_description: English: View from tower of Phillips Church, Exeter, New Hampshire. At right is the 3rd Academy Building, designed by the Boston architectural firm of Peabody &amp; Stearns. It was built to replace the 2nd Academy Building, which burned on December 20, 1870, and would itself burn on July 4, 1914. In the distance is the Squamscott River.
context_page_description: 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. There have, since 1783, been 16 principals in total, including one interim principal. From the founding of the academy to 1808, the head of school was called preceptor before it was changed to principal.
context_section_description: 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. There have, since 1783, been 16 principals in total, including one interim principal. From the founding of the academy to 1808, the head of school was called preceptor before it was changed to principal.
caption: A view of Phillips Exeter Academy from Phillips Church in 1911
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