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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.
- Businessman
- Founded Pratt Institute
- October 2, 1830, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, US
- Pratt Cemetery, Glen Cove, New York, US
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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17. Okt. 2011 · Charles Pratt made his fortune in petroleum oil in the second half of the 19th century, establishing the Astral Oil company in Brooklyn's Greenpoint industrial corridor. The oil works occupied a patch of land on the East River, bounded on the south by North 12th Street and the east by Kent Avenue (known until 1885 as 1st Avenue).
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.
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.
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.
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.
