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词条 John Teele Pratt
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

      Legacy   Descendants 

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Other people|John Pratt}}{{infobox person
| image = John Teele Pratt in 1919.jpg
| caption = Pratt in 1919
| birth_date = December 25, 1873
| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York
| death_date = {{death date and age|1927|06|17|1873|12|25}}
| death_place =
| occupation = Attorney, philanthropist, financier
| education =
| alma_mater = Amherst College
Harvard Law School
| parents = Charles Pratt
Mary Helen Richardson
| spouse = {{marriage|Ruth Sears Baker
|1904|1927|reason=his death}}
| children = 5, including Edwin
| relations = Frederic Pratt (brother)
George Dupont Pratt (brother)
Herbert Pratt (brother)
Harold Pratt (brother)
Charles Pratt (half-brother)
Robert Thayer (son-in-law)
Paul Nitze (son-in-law)
Andy Pratt (grandson)
}}John Teele Pratt (December 25, 1873 — June 17, 1927) was an American corporate attorney, philanthropist, music impresario, and financier.[1]

Early life

Pratt was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 25, 1873. He was one of six children born to industrialist and Standard Oil co-founder Charles Pratt and Mary Helen (née Richardson) Pratt. His siblings included brothers Frederic Bayley Pratt, George Dupont Pratt, Herbert Lee Pratt, and Harold Irving Pratt. From his father's first marriage, he had two half-siblings including Charles Millard Pratt.[1]

After graduating from Amherst College in 1896, he studied at Harvard Law School, graduating in 1900.[1]

Career

He worked as a lawyer for the prestigious firm of Carter and Ledyard at 54 Wall Street in New York.[1]

Pratt became a director in the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, and a trustee in the Pratt Institute which was founded by his father. He was also a partner in the Stock Exchange firm of Grayson M.P. Murphy & Co. and a director of several banks.[1]

Personal life

In 1904,[1] Pratt was married to Ruth Sears Baker (1877–1965), a Wellesley College graduate and the daughter of Edwin K. Baker, a Massachusetts dry-goods merchant.[2] In 1929, two years after his eventual death in 1927, Ruth became the first woman elected to the United States Congress from the State of New York.[3] Together, they were the parents of five children:

  • John Teele Pratt Jr. (1903–1969),[4] who was married to Mary Christy Tiffany (1905–1980), the daughter of George Shepley Tiffany.[10] They divorced and he later married Elizabeth Ogden Woodward (1907–1986), the daughter of William Woodward Sr. and the former wife of Robert Livingston Stevens Jr. After his death, she married Alexander Cochrane Cushing, founder of Squaw Valley Ski Resort.[5]
  • Virginia Pratt (1905–1979),[6] who married Robert Helyer Thayer (1901−1984), a U.S. Minister to Romania,[7] in 1926.[8]
  • Sally Sears Pratt (1908–1973), who married James Tracy Jackson III (1905–1986) in 1928.[9][10]
  • Phyllis Pratt (1912–1987),[11] who married Paul Henry Nitze (1907–2004), the Secretary of the Navy and Deputy Secretary of Defense under President Lyndon B. Johnson.[12]
  • Edwin Howard Baker Pratt (1913–1975),[13] the headmaster of Browne & Nichols school,[14] who married Aileen Kelly.[13]

Pratt died suddenly in his Broadway office on June 17, 1927, aged 53, of heart disease.[15] Thirty six years earlier, his father, Charles Pratt, had died of heart disease in offices at the same address.[15]

Legacy

In 1910, Pratt and his wife had a brick neo-Georgian mansion, known as "The Manor", designed by architect Charles A. Platt built at their 55-acre Glen Cove estate. In 1913, it was considered by Country Life Magazine to be one of the best twelve country houses in America. The home served as the summer White House for Herbert Hoover.[16] It is now the Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center.[17]

The John Teele Pratt residence, at 11 East 61st St. in New York City was purchased by the Pratts, who hired Charles Pierrepont Henry Gilbert to remodel the 1872 home in April 1907.[18][19] In 1914, Pratt purchased the neighboring homes at 7 and 9 East 61st Street and hired Platt to tear them down and design a new residence.[19]

Descendants

Through his eldest son John, he was the grandfather of Mary Christy Pratt (1923–1960), who was married to Bayard Cutting Auchincloss (1922–2001), the nephew of U.S. Representative James C. Auchincloss, in 1950.[20][21]

Through his daughter Phyllis, he was the grandfather of William A. Nitze of Washington, DC, the chairman of Oceana Technologies and Clearpath Technologies, who married Ann Kendall Richards, an independent art dealer.[22]

Through his son Edwin, he was the grandfather of singer-songwriter Andy Pratt (b. 1947).

References

1. ^{{cite book|title=Women in Congress, 1917-2006|date=2006|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=9780160767531|page=95|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wz9OB2xLGecC&pg=PA95|accessdate=25 April 2018|language=en}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=PRATT, Ruth Sears Baker - Biographical Information|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000505|website=bioguide.congress.gov|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=25 April 2018}}
3. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ACTF56SnaykC&pg=PA139|title=The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members|last=Stone|first=Kurt F.|date=2010-12-29|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=|language=en}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=John T. Pratt Jr., 65, Is Dead; Institute Trustee and Bank Aide|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/06/21/archives/joan-t-pratt-jr-65-is-dead-institute-trustee-and-bank-a-icle.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=21 June 1969}}
5. ^{{cite news|last1=Martin|first1=Douglas|title=Alexander Cushing, 92, Dies; Turned Squaw Valley Into World-Class Skiing Destination|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/22/obituaries/22cushing.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=22 August 2006}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=Deaths {{!}} THAYER‐Virginia Pratt|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/13/archives/obituary-9-no-title.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=13 December 1979}}
7. ^{{cite news|title=Robert H. Thayer, 82; Ex-Envoy to Rumania|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/29/obituaries/robert-h-thayer-82-ex-envoy-to-rumania.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=January 29, 1984|language=en}}
8. ^{{cite news|title=MISS VIRGINIA PRATT TO WED ON DEC. 30 Marriage to Robert H. Thayer Will Take Place in St, Bartholomew's Church|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/12/08/archives/miss-virginiapratt-to-bd-oi-deg-30-mrriage-to-robert-h-thayer-will.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=8 December 1926}}
9. ^{{cite news|title=SALLY PRATT REVEALS HER MARRIAGE PLANS; Daughter of Mrs. Ruth B. Pratt, Alderman, and James Jackson Jr. Get a License.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/01/28/archives/sally-pratt-reveals-her-marriage-plans-daughter-of-mrs-ruth-b-pratt.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=January 28, 1928}}
10. ^{{cite news|title=SALLY PRATT WEDS JAMES JACKSON JR.; Married by Rev. Dr. Endicott Peabody at Home of Her Mother, Alderman Ruth Pratt. HER SISTER HONOR MAID|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/02/17/archives/sally-pratt-weds-james-jackson-jr-married-by-rev-dr-endicott.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=17 February 1928}}
11. ^{{cite news|title=PHYLLIS PRATT NITZE|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/28/obituaries/phyllis-pratt-nitze.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=June 28, 1987|language=en}}
12. ^{{cite news|last1=Berger|first1=Marilyn|title=Paul H. Nitze, Missile Treaty Negotiator and Cold War Strategist, Dies at 97|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/21/politics/paul-h-nitze-missile-treaty-negotiator-and-cold-war-strategist.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=21 October 2004}}
13. ^1 {{cite news|title=Edwin H. B. Pratt|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/21/archives/edwin-hb-pratt.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=21 March 1975}}
14. ^{{cite news|title=HEADMASTER APPOINTED; Edwin H. B. Pratt Is Named by the Browne & Nichols School|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/05/12/archives/headmaster-appointed-edwin-h-b-pratt-is-named-by-the-browne-nichols.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=12 May 1949}}
15. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news |author= |title=John Teele Pratt, Financier, is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/06/18/archives/john-teelepratt-finoier-is-dead-large-standard-oil-holder-and.html |quote= |newspaper=New York Times |date=June 18, 1927 }}
16. ^{{cite news|title=Pratt Family Homes|url=https://www.oldlongisland.com/2008/01/manor-house-home-of-john-teele-pratt-sr.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=www.oldlongisland.com|date=January 31, 2008}}
17. ^{{cite web|title=Long Island Hotels {{!}} The Mansion {{!}} The Mansion at Glen Cove|url=https://www.glencovemansion.com/the-mansion|website=glencovemansion.com|publisher=Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center|accessdate=25 April 2018|language=en}}
18. ^{{cite news|last1=L.|first1=Zach|title=The John T. Pratt Residence|url=https://www.beyondthegildedage.com/2011/11/john-t-pratt-residence.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=www.beyondthegildedage.com|date=November 30, 2011}}
19. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Tom|title=Daytonian in Manhattan: The Lost John T. Pratt Mansion - 7-9 East 61st Street|url=https://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-lost-john-t-pratt-mansion-7-9-east.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=Daytonian in Manhattan|date=5 June 2017}}
20. ^1 {{cite news|title=Miss Mary Christy Pratt Engaged to Bayard Cutting Auchincloss|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/139102944/|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=February 10, 1950|page=45|language=en}}
21. ^{{cite news|title=James G. Auchincloss, A Law Student, And Kristin Morris Delafield Are Wed|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/19/style/james-g-auchincloss-a-law-student-and-kristin-morris-delafield-are-wed.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=July 19, 1987|language=en}}
22. ^{{cite news|title=Jane Kucera and Paul Nitze|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/fashion/weddings/jane-kucera-and-paul-nitze.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=8 September 2013}}

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