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Charles Pratt (October 2, 1830 – May 4, 1891) was an American businessman. Pratt was a pioneer of the U.S. petroleum industry, and he established his kerosene refinery Astral Oil Works in Brooklyn, New York. He then lived with his growing family in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.
Charles Pratt and Company was an oil company that was formed in 1867 by Charles Pratt and Henry H. Rogers in Brooklyn, New York. It became part of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil organization in 1874.
Pratt was an early pioneer of the oil industry in the United States and was the founder of Astral Oil Works based in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn which was a leader in replacing whale oil with petroleum or natural oil. In 1867, Pratt established Charles Pratt and Company.
Oct 17, 2011 · Learn how oil tycoon Charles Pratt founded Pratt Institute in 1887 and donated his Astral Apartments building to the Brooklyn Public Library in 1901. Explore the history and legacy of these institutions and their connection to Brooklyn's past and present.
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Feb 16, 2018 · Learn about the life and impact of Charles Pratt, the richest man in Brooklyn who founded the Astral Oil Works and the Pratt Institute. Discover how his oil refinery polluted Newtown Creek and his housing project improved Greenpoint's living conditions.
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (baptized March 21, 1714, London, England—died April 18, 1794, London) was an English jurist who, as chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas (1761–66), refused to enforce general warrants (naming no particular person to be arrested).
Charles Pratt (October 2, 1830 – May 4, 1891) was an American businessman. Pratt was a pioneer of the U.S. petroleum industry, and he established his kerosene refinery Astral Oil Works in Brooklyn, New York. He then lived with his growing family in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.
