Edwin Hartley Pratt

1849–1930 (age 81)

Businessman

Biography

Edwin Hartley Pratt, born in 1849, was a businessman noted for his involvement in the promotion of health initiatives and medical education. He devoted energy to causes he believed would enrich the lives of others, always seeking to pair entrepreneurship with public-minded efforts.

He is remembered for the quiet philanthropy that marked much of his life, and for his hope that enterprise could serve broader humanitarian aims. His passing left friends and colleagues grateful for his generous spirit.