Life
He was the second son, born in London, of Josiah Pratt. He graduated B.A. from Caius College, Cambridge, as third wrangler in 1833, was elected to a fellowship there, and proceeded M.A. in 1836.
He was appointed a chaplain of the East India Company, through the influence of Bishop Daniel Wilson, in 1838. He became Wilson's domestic chaplain, and was in 1850 appointed archdeacon of Calcutta. He died at He died in Ghazipur, India, on 28 December 1871. At the instance of Bishop Milman, a memorial to Pratt was erected in Calcutta Cathedral.
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