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Phillips Exeter Academy (also called Exeter, Phillips Exeter or PEA) is a co-educational...

Phillips Exeter Academy (also called Exeter, Phillips Exeter or PEA) is a co-educational independent boarding school for grades 9–12 and postgraduates, located on 619 acres (2.51 km) in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA, 50 miles (80 km) north of Boston. Early alumni include US Senator Daniel Webster (1796); US President Franklin Pierce (1820); Abraham Lincoln's son Robert Lincoln (1860); Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. (1870), Richard and Francis Cleveland; "grandfather of football" Amos Alonzo Stagg (1880); and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Booth Tarkington (1889). John Knowles, author of A Separate Peace and Peace Breaks Out, was a 1945 graduate; both novels are set at the fictional Devon School, a reference to PEA. Exeter students and alumni call themselves "Exonians”. Exeter is noted for its Harkness education, a system based on a conference format of teacher and student interaction, similar to the Socratic method of learning through asking questions and creating discussions. The school's traditional rival is Phillips Academy (Andover), and the annual Exeter-Andover Football game has been played since 1878. The academy was established in 1781 by merchant John Phillips and his wife Elizabeth.