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Lord Chancellor Charles Pratt was a leading proponent of civil liberties in eighteenth-century England. He was trained in the law, and by 1757 had become Attorney General. He entered Parliament as an MP the following year, but resigned in 1762 when he was made Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas. In 1763, Pratt was involved in the case of John Wilkes, who was prosecuted for libel. The case ...
Pratt Institute was founded in 1887 by American industrialist Charles Pratt, who was a successful businessman and oil tycoon and was one of the wealthiest men in the history of Brooklyn. Pratt was an early pioneer of the oil industry in the United States and was the founder of Astral Oil Works based in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn which ...
16. Feb. 2018 · Pratt Institute. Perhaps there is no person in the long history of Greenpoint who had a bigger effect on our area than Charles Pratt. Pratt’s legacy, though is a mixed one: a philanthropist, Pratt felt a duty to use his wealth to give back to the community, but he is also heavily responsible for the massive local pollution that is a result of his business in oil refining.
7. Jan. 2024 · Charles Pratt (October 2, 1830 - May 4, 1891) was an American businessman. Pratt was a pioneer of the U.S. petroleum industry, and he established his kerosene refinery Astral Oil Works in Brooklyn, New York. He then lived with his growing family in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. He recruited Henry H. Rogers into his business, forming Charles Pratt and Company in 1867. Seven years later, Pratt and ...
Charles Pratt (ochrzczony 21 marca 1714 w Kensington, zm. 18 kwietnia 1794 ) – brytyjski prawnik, sędzia i polityk, członek stronnictwa wigów , prokurator generalny, lord kanclerz i przewodniczący Sądu Spraw Pospolitych.
Pratt had established the Charles Pratt Oil Works in 1864, but the “oil works” did not involve refining until Henry Rogers arrived in New York. An 1868 insurance map provides details of the C. Pratt Oil Works, the locations of stills and barrel-making, at Blissville, on the Queens shore of Newtown Creek (Fig. 7.1). The 1868 map reveals
Charles Millard Pratt (November 2, 1855 – November 27, 1935) was an American oil industrialist, [1] educator, and philanthropist. [2] As the eldest son of industrialist Charles Pratt, [1] in 1875 he began working at Charles Pratt and Company, soon becoming president. [1] [3]
