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2 unusual facts about The Albany Academy


Joseph Lewi

He was educated at The Albany Academy, became connected with several newspapers, and is at present (1904) an editorial writer on the "New York Tribune" and publisher of the "New Era Illustrated Magazine."

Theodric Romeyn Beck

He served as the Principal of The Albany Academy from 1817 to 1848, where he encouraged the future curator of the Smithsonian Institution, Joseph Henry, to enroll as a student and later serve as a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in 1826.


T. Garry Buckley

His family moved to Bennington, Vermont in 1937, and Buckley was educated at The Albany Academy, Bennington's high school, the Cranwell Preparatory School and Brown University.


see also

John Saxe

John Theodore Saxe (1843–1881), member of the firm of Saxe Brothers and professor at the Albany Academy