Edwin H. Baker Pratt

Edwin H. Baker Pratt
Born	Edwin Howard Baker Pratt (1913-06-05)June 5, 1913 Glen Cove, New York, US
Died	March 18, 1975(1975-03-18) (aged 61) Boston, Massachusetts, US
Alma mater	Harvard College
Occupation	Educator
Employer(s)	Westminster School Browne & Nichols School
Spouse	Aileen Kelly ​ (m. 1936)​
Children	4; including Andy
Parents	John Teele Pratt (father) Ruth Baker Pratt (mother)
Relatives	Charles Pratt (grandfather)

Edwin Howard Baker Pratt (June 5, 1913 – March 18, 1975), was an American educator and headmaster of Buckingham Browne & Nichols.

Early life

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

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]

Personal life

In 1935, Pratt became engaged to Aileen Kelly of Massachusetts, who had been born in Monte Carlo in 1915.^[4] They married in 1936 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Pittsfield,^[5] and together had four children,^[3] the youngest of whom is singer-songwriter Andy Pratt.

Pratt, a resident of Marion, Massachusetts, died on March 18, 1975, at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, aged 61.^[6] His widow died the following year in 1976.

Legacy

Through bequests to Buckingham Browne & Nichols, there are the Edwin H. B. Pratt Faculty Fund and the Edwin and Aileen Pratt Faculty Development Fund.

References

1. TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (June 26, 1941). "EDWIN HOWARD BAKER; Head of Cambridge Chemical Firm, Brother of Mrs. J. T. Pratt". The New York Times. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
2. "HEADMASTER APPOINTED; Edwin H. B. Pratt Is Named by the Browne & Nichols School". The New York Times. May 12, 1949. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
3. "EDWIN H. B. PRATT". The New York Times. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
4. "MISS AILEEN KELLY GUEST IN PITTSFIELD; She and Fiance, Edwin H. B. Pratt, Feted at Dinner by Mrs. Loring G. Robbins". The New York Times. June 26, 1936. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
5. "Kelly Married to Edwin H. B. Pratt In Setting of Flowers in Berkshire Hills". The New York Times. June 28, 1936. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
6. Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003

External links

• Edwin Pratt's 1931 passport from www.passportland.com