Edwin H. Baker Pratt
Edwin H. Baker Pratt | |
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Born | Edwin Howard Baker Pratt June 5, 1913 |
Died | March 18, 1975 Boston, Massachusetts, US | (aged 61)
Alma mater | Harvard College |
Occupation | Educator |
Employer | Westminster School Browne & Nichols School |
Spouse(s) | Aileen Kelly (m. 1936) |
Children | 4, including Andy Pratt |
Parent(s) | John Teele Pratt Ruth Baker Pratt |
Relatives | Charles Pratt (grandfather) |
Edwin Howard Baker Pratt (June 5, 1913 – March 18, 1975), was an American educator and headmaster of Buckingham Browne & Nichols.
Early life[]
On June 5, 1913, Pratt was born in Glen Cove, New York. Pratt's father was John Teele Pratt, a lawyer and financier. Pratt's mother Ruth Baker Pratt, a Republican Congresswoman. Pratt's grandfather was Charles Pratt, an oil industry pioneer. Pratt had four siblings and was named after his maternal uncle, Edwin Howard Baker, the head of Organo Chemical Company of Cambridge.[1]
In 1936, Pratt graduated from Harvard College.
Career[]
From 1949 to 1968, Pratt served as the headmaster of the private Browne & Nichols, now Buckingham Browne & Nichols, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[2] He was previously a teacher at the Westminster School.[3]
Personal life[]
In 1935, Pratt became engaged to Aileen Kelly of Massachusetts, who had been born in Monte Carlo in 1915.[4] They married in 1936 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Pittsfield,[5] and together had four children,[3] the youngest of whom is singer-songwriter Andy Pratt.
Pratt, a resident of Marion, Massachusetts, died on March 18, 1975 at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, aged 61.[6] His widow died the following year in 1976.
Legacy[]
Through bequests to Buckingham Browne & Nichols, there are the Edwin H. B. Pratt Faculty Fund and the Edwin and Aileen Pratt Faculty Development Fund.
References[]
- ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (26 June 1941). "EDWIN HOWARD BAKER; Head of Cambridge Chemical Firm, Brother of Mrs. J. T. Pratt". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "HEADMASTER APPOINTED; Edwin H. B. Pratt Is Named by the Browne & Nichols School". The New York Times. 12 May 1949. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ a b "EDWIN H. B. PRATT". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
- ^ "MISS AILEEN KELLY GUEST IN PITTSFIELD; She and Fiance, Edwin H. B. Pratt, Feted at Dinner by Mrs. Loring G. Robbins". The New York Times. 26 June 1936. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Kelly Married to Edwin H. B. Pratt In Setting of Flowers in Berkshire Hills". The New York Times. 28 June 1936. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003
External links[]
- Edwin Pratt's 1931 passport from www.passportland.com
- 1913 births
- 1975 deaths
- Harvard College alumni
- People from Boston
- 20th-century American educators
- People from Glen Cove, New York
- Charles Pratt family
- Educators from New York (state)