George Dupont Pratt
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George Dupont Pratt
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| Born |
August 16, 1868 Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Died | January 20, 1935 (aged 66) Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Amherst College |
| Occupation | Conservationist, philanthropist, Boy Scout sponsor, big-game hunter and collector of ancient antiquities. |
| Parent(s) |
Charles Pratt Mary Helen Richardson |
| Relatives |
Frederic B. Pratt, Herbert L. Pratt, John Teele Pratt and Harold I. Pratt (brothers) Charles Millard Pratt (half-brother) |
George Dupont Pratt (August 16, 1869 – January 20, 1935) was an American conservationist, philanthropist, Boy Scout sponsor, big-game hunter and collector of ancient antiquities.
Pratt was born and raised in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York, the third son of Standard Oil magnate Charles Pratt and his wife Mary Helen Richardson.
He was brother to Frederic B. Pratt, Herbert L. Pratt, John Teele Pratt and Harold I. Pratt; and half-brother to Charles Millard Pratt.
He graduated from Amherst College in 1893.
Pratt was a member of the track team, one of Amherst's great teams, who easily won the NEIAA Championship at Worcester, May 28, 1890. In the NEIAA Championship of 1892, he set a new record in the two mile bicycle race.
Pratt was also quarterback for the football team. The 1892 team, which he captained, is considered “the greatest football team of which Amherst can boast”. They played thirteen games, all with other college teams, won 8 and lost 5, scored 314 to opponents 141. On November 18, 1892, Amherst beat Williams on Weston Field at Williamstown, 60-0. Pratt kicked ten goals from almost every angle of the field, most of them against the wind. This record still stands today as the best goal-kicking exhibition of any Amherst player in a major game.
Pratt worked for the Long Island Rail Road for many years, ending as assistant to the president and superintendent of ferries.
In 1910, he helped organize the Boy Scouts of America and served as Treasurer.
As an early member of the Camp Fire Club he became interested in conservation and for 25 years served on its committee on conservation. He was Conservation Commissioner of New York from 1915 to 1921.
Pratt was a trustee of Amherst College, the American Museum of Natural History, the Metropolitan Museum, vice president of the Pratt Institute, and president of the American Forestry Association. He was also a major donor to the Metropolitan's Decorative Arts Department.
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