Edwin H. Baker Pratt
March 18, 1975 (aged 61)
Educator
4; including Andy
- John Teele Pratt (father)
- Ruth Baker Pratt (mother)
Charles Pratt (grandfather)
Early life[edit]
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[edit]
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]