Lynn Pratt, film and television actress William Adams Richardson, United States Secretary of the Treasury under the Grant Administration, 1873–1874 Zach Sanford, NHL hockey player, won 2019 Stanley Cup Final with St. Louis Blues Andy Seuss, NASCAR driver Alan Shepard, first American astronaut in space and fifth person to walk on the Moon Pamela Smart, convicted in 1991 of conspiracy to commit murder Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford, American novelist and poet Aaron Fletcher Stevens, Brevet Brigadier General during the American Civil War, as well as a two-term U.S. congressman Notable faculty Robert Frost, American poet, recipient of four Pulitzer Prizes; taught at Pinkerton 1906–1911 Jonathan Stanton, ornithologist, professor at Bates College See also New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 266: Pinkerton Academy / Old Academy Building Coe-Brown Northwood Academy another semi-private secondary school in New Hampshire. Connecticut private academies acting as public high schools: Gilbert School Norwich Free Academy Woodstock Academy References Further reading Agreement between Candia and Pinkerton Academy External links Pinkerton Academy website The Kaleidoscope (PDF) The Alumnus (PDF) Public high schools in New Hampshire School districts in New Hampshire 1814 establishments in New Hampshire Derry, New Hampshire Schools in Rockingham County, New Hampshire Education in Merrimack County, New Hampshire