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Phillips Academy, one of the oldest and most prestigious boarding schools in the US, was founded in 1778 by Samuel Phillips Jr. Learn more about its history, mission, and legacy at andoverhistoryandculture.org.
When he founded Phillips Academy, his friend Eliphalet Pearson talked him out of abandoning the classics. Despite his animadversions against Harvard, he later became a dedicated overseer, sent his son there, and accepted an honorary degree from the institution.
From 1808 to 1907, Phillips Academy shared its campus with the Andover Theological Seminary, which was founded by orthodox Calvinists who had fled Harvard University after it appointed a liberal Unitarian theology professor.
Founded in 1778, Phillips Academy is an independent, coeducational secondary school with an expansive worldview and a legacy of academic excellence. The Phillips Academy Archives and Special Collections acts as the final repository for the administrative records of Phillips Academy, from its founding in 1778 to the present day.
Phillips Academy, at Andover, Mass.; college preparatory boarding and day school; opened 1778, chartered 1780 by Samuel Phillips. Founded for boys, it is the oldest incorporated academy in the United States and has served as the model for many later schools.
Wendell Phillips is the oldest Black high school in the City of Chicago, although it opened as a predominately white school on September 4, 1904. Phillips had replaced the old South Division High School, established in 1875, which had been located at 26th and Wabash.
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It was founded as a boarding school for boys in 1778 by Samuel Phillips, who later became president of the state senate of Massachusetts. Andover is the oldest incorporated academy in the United States.
