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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.
Charles Pratt ist der Name folgender Personen: Charles Pratt, 1. Earl Camden (1714–1794), britischer Jurist und Politiker. Charles Pratt (Geschäftsmann) (1830–1891), US-amerikanischer Geschäftsmann. Charles Clarence Pratt (1854–1916), US-amerikanischer Politiker.
17. Okt. 2011 · Learn how oil tycoon Charles Pratt founded Pratt Institute in 1887 and donated his Astral Apartments building to the Brooklyn Public Library in 1901. Explore the history and legacy of these institutions and their connection to Brooklyn's past and present.
Earl Camden (* März 1714 in Kensington; † 18. April 1794 in London) war ein englischer Anwalt, Richter und Politiker. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 1.1 Familie und Ausbildung. 1.2 Tätigkeit als Anwalt. 1.3 Politische Karriere. 1.4 Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. 1.5 Im House of Lords. 1.6 Lordkanzler. 1.6.1 Amerika. 1.6.2 John Wilkes.
14. Apr. 2024 · Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden was an English jurist who, as chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas (1761–66), refused to enforce general warrants (naming no particular person to be arrested). As lord chancellor of Great Britain (1766–70), he opposed the government’s North American colonial.
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Charles Pratt and Company was an oil company that was formed in 1867 by Charles Pratt and Henry H. Rogers in Brooklyn, New York. It became part of John D. Rockefeller 's Standard Oil organization in 1874.
15. Sept. 2022 · In the period following Standard Oil’s acquisition of the Pratt Refinery and Astral Oil, Charles Pratt devoted his effort to building the Pratt Institute, which opened in 1887. Pratt died in 1891; Rogers became a VP of Standard Oil in 1890; Pratt’s eldest son Charles became Secretary of Standard Oil.
