John Teele Pratt
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John Teele Pratt was an American corporate attorney, philanthropist, music impresario, and financier.
industrialist Charles Pratt
and Mary Helen Richardson. He was brother to Frederic B. Pratt
, George Dupont Pratt
, Herbert L. Pratt
, and Harold I. Pratt
; and half-brother to Charles Millard Pratt
.
After graduating from Amherst College
in 1896, he studied at Harvard Law School
, graduating in 1900.
Pratt died suddenly in his Broadway office on June 17, 1927, aged 51, of heart disease. Thirty six years earlier, his father, Charles Pratt
, died of heart disease in offices at the same address.
, is now the Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center.
, who in 1929, became the first woman elected to the United States Congress
from the State of New York.
John Teele and Ruth Sears Baker Pratt had five children:
Early life
Pratt was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 25 December 1873, the son of Standard OilStandard Oil
Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world and operated as a major company trust and was one of the world's first and largest multinational...
industrialist Charles Pratt
Charles Pratt
Charles Pratt was a United States capitalist, businessman and philanthropist.Pratt was a pioneer of the U.S. petroleum industry, and established his kerosene refinery Astral Oil Works in Brooklyn, New York. An advertising slogan was "The holy lamps of Tibet are primed with Astral Oil." He...
and Mary Helen Richardson. He was brother to Frederic B. Pratt
Frederic B. Pratt
Frederic Bayley Pratt was the president of Brooklyn's Pratt Institute for 44 years, from 1893-1937.-Early life:He was born in Brooklyn NY, the son of Standard Oil magnate Charles Pratt and Mary Helen Richardson....
, George Dupont Pratt
George Dupont Pratt
George Dupont Pratt was an American conservationist, philanthropist, Boy Scout sponsor, big-game hunter and collector of ancient antiquities.-Early life:...
, Herbert L. Pratt
Herbert L. Pratt
Herbert Lee Pratt was an American businessman and a leading figure in the United States oil industry.- Early life :...
, and Harold I. Pratt
Harold I. Pratt
Harold Irving Pratt was an American oil industrialist and philanthropist. A director of Standard Oil of New Jersey, he also served on the Council of Foreign Relations from 1923-1939.- Early life :...
; and half-brother to Charles Millard Pratt
Charles Millard Pratt
Charles Millard Pratt was an American oil industrialist and philanthropist.-Early life:Pratt was born and raised in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, the eldest son of Charles Pratt and Lydia Ann Richardson....
.
After graduating from Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
in 1896, he studied at Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
, graduating in 1900.
Career
He worked as a lawyer for the prestigious firm of Carter and Ledyard at 54 Wall Street in New York.Pratt died suddenly in his Broadway office on June 17, 1927, aged 51, of heart disease. Thirty six years earlier, his father, Charles Pratt
Charles Pratt
Charles Pratt was a United States capitalist, businessman and philanthropist.Pratt was a pioneer of the U.S. petroleum industry, and established his kerosene refinery Astral Oil Works in Brooklyn, New York. An advertising slogan was "The holy lamps of Tibet are primed with Astral Oil." He...
, died of heart disease in offices at the same address.
Legacy
The Pratt family house and estate, Manor House, at Glen Cove, Long IslandLong Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
, is now the Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center.
Personal life
He married Ruth Sears BakerRuth Baker Pratt
Ruth Baker Pratt , was an American politician and the first congresswoman to be elected from New York.-Early life:...
, who in 1929, became the first woman elected to the United States Congress
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
from the State of New York.
John Teele and Ruth Sears Baker Pratt had five children:
- John Teele Pratt Jr;
- Virginia Pratt (1905–1979), who married Robert H. ThayerRobert H. ThayerRobert Helyer Thayer was an American lawyer, naval officer and diplomat.-Early life:Thayer was born in Southborough, Massachusetts, the son of Rev. William Greenough Thayer , headmaster of St. Mark's School from 1894–1930, and Violet Otis Thayer . He attended St...
; - Phyllis Pratt (1912–1987), who married Paul Henry NitzePaul NitzePaul Henry Nitze was a high-ranking United States government official who helped shape Cold War defense policy over the course of numerous presidential administrations.-Early life, education, and family:...
; - Edwin H Baker PrattEdwin H Baker PrattEdwin Howard Baker Pratt , was an American educator and headmaster of Buckingham Browne & Nichols.-Early life:...
(1913–1975), headmaster of the private Browne & Nichols, now Buckingham Browne & NicholsBuckingham Browne & NicholsBuckingham Browne & Nichols School, often referred to as BB&N, is a private school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by the Charles River. The school educates students from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade. It was established by a merge of two independent schools, the Buckingham School founded...
school; and - Sally Pratt