Albert Cornelius Perkins (December 18, 1833 – September 22, 1896) was an American educator and fourth principal of Phillips Exeter Academy and fourth principal of Adelphi University.

He was a descendant of Thomas Dudley and Simon Bradstreet, two governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and was the brother to John W. Perkins, the principal of The Governor's Academy and superintendent of the City of Salem public school system.

[3] Following his time at Adelphi, he opened a private school in Brooklyn, and was offered a professorship from Dartmouth.

[4] Perkins was married Caroline Cleveland in Topsfield, with whom he had four children—a son and three daughters.

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