Pratt, Hodgson, 1824-1907
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Birth Date
- 1824-01-10
Death Date
- 1907-02-26
Has Affiliation
- Organization: East India Company
Has Affiliation
- Organization: International Arbitration Association
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Vernacular Literature Society (Calcutta, India)
Birth Place
- Bath (England)
Associated Locale
- Le Pecq (France)
Associated Locale
- India
Associated Locale
- Great Britain
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
Civil servants
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Sources
- found: A selection of articles and letters on various Indian questions ..., 1857:t.p. (Hodgson Pratt, Bengal Civil Service; late Inspector-General of Schools in South Bengal)
- found: NUCMC data from Swarthmore College Peace Collection for Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration. Records, 1895-1917(Hodgson Pratt; correspondent)
- found: Biog. dict. of modern peace leaders, c1985(Pratt, Hodgson; 10 Jan. 1824, Bath, Eng.-26 Feb. 1907, Le Pecq, Seine et Oise, France; employee of East India Co., public official govt. of Bengal, author, editor, and peace advocate)
- found: Wikipedia, viewed 4 Jan. 2016(Hodgson Pratt (1824-1907) was an English pacifist who is credited with founding the International Arbitration and Peace Association in 1880. Born at Bath, Somerset on 10 January 824, in 1847 he joined the East India Company's service at Calcutta. He became under-secretary to the government of Bengal, and inspector of public instruction there. While in India Pratt in 1851 helped to found the Vernacular Literature Society which published Bengali translations of English literature, and acted as secretary till 1856. He spent the last years of his life at Le Pecq, Seine et Oise, France, where he died on 26 February 1907)
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- 1990-09-11: new
- 2016-08-31: revised
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