Eliphalet Pearson was an American educator, the first principal of Phillips Academy (1778-1786), and the acting president of Harvard University (1804-1806).
Pearson graduated from Harvard in 1773 after having attended Dummer Charity School (now known as The Governor's Academy).
After the death of Joseph Willard in 1804, Pearson became the interim president of Harvard University. He resigned that post in 1806, when Samuel Webber became president.
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“Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.”
—Hesketh Pearson (1887–1964)