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Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl
(Encyclopedia) Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl: see Pratt, Charles, 1st Earl Camden.Camden, John Jeffreys Pratt, 2d Earl and 1st Marquess
(Encyclopedia) Camden, John Jeffreys Pratt, 2d Earl and 1st Marquess: see under Pratt, Charles, 1st Earl Camden.Pratt, Orson
(Encyclopedia) Pratt, Orson, 1811–81, Mormon apostle, b. Hartford, N.Y.; brother of Parley Parker Pratt. He joined (1830) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and became (1835) an apostle…Pratt, Parley Parker
(Encyclopedia) Pratt, Parley Parker, 1807–57, Mormon apostle, b. Otsego co., N.Y.; brother of Orson Pratt. He joined (1830) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was made an apostle in…Hani, Martin Thembisile
(Encyclopedia) Hani, Chris 1942–1993, anti-apartheid activist, politician, and soldier. A legendary figure in South African history and a key…Carlisle Indian School
(Encyclopedia) Carlisle Indian School, in Carlisle, Pa., the first federally supported school for Native Americans to be established off a reservation; it was founded in 1879 by Richard Henry Pratt.…Pratt Institute
(Encyclopedia) Pratt Institute, at Brooklyn, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1887. Founded by Charles Pratt as a school for practical training, it now offers general and professional…Dundee, Angelo
(Encyclopedia) Dundee, Angelo, 1921–2012, American boxing trainer, most famous for his work with Muhammad Ali, b. Philadelphia as Angelo Mirena, Jr. After serving in World War II he moved to New York…Froome, Chris
(Encyclopedia) Froome, Chris (Christopher Clive Froome), 1985– British bicycle racer, b. Nairobi, Kenya. The most dominant road cyclist of the 2010s, he turned professional in 2007 and has ridden…Pratt, Matthew
(Encyclopedia) Pratt, Matthew, 1734–1805, American portrait painter, b. Philadelphia. After he was an apprentice to his uncle, a painter in Philadelphia, he practiced portrait painting and then…Trending
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