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Benjamin Pratt

1660 – 1721

18th century university administrator (-1721)

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About Benjamin Pratt

Lived 1660 – 1721 (aged 60–61).

Benjamin Pratt (17 April 1669 – 22 June 1721) was an Anglo-Irish academic who served as the 18th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1710 to 1717. He was later Dean of Down.

Life Pratt was born in 1669 in Garradice, near Summerhill, County Meath. He was the son of a landowner. In 1692, he graduated from Trinity College; the following year, he was elected a Fellow. In 1710, Provost Peter Browne, after having been invited by Queen Anne, successfully recommended Pratt as Provost. Pratt was forced to resign his post as Provost in 1717, due to the threat of an inquiry into his alleged Jacobite sympathies.

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1660
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Provost of Trinity College, Dean of Down

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Who was Benjamin Pratt?

18th century university administrator (-1721)

When was Benjamin Pratt born?

Benjamin Pratt was born in 1660.

When did Benjamin Pratt die?

Benjamin Pratt died on 6 December 1721.

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· Wikipedia: Benjamin Pratt

· Wikidata: Q21165387

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