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John Henry Pratt. Born 1809. Son of Rev. Josiah Pratt, the original Secretary of the Church Missionary Society. Studied at Oakham School. Began at Cambridge in 1829. B.A at Gonville and Caius 1833; M.A. at Christ’s and Sidney Sussex colleges 1836. 1838 left to India. In 1844 became Chaplain to the Bishop of Calcutta. In 1850 appointed Archdeacon of Calcutta. 1866 founded ‘Hill Schools Nomination Endowment Dund’; closed in 1871. Wrote A Demonstration on the Parallelogram of Force (1834) and published Mathematical Principles of Mechanical Philosophy (1836; revised 1842; expanded and republished 1860 as A Treatise on Attractions, LaPlace’s Functions, and the Figure of the Earth).Between 1843-1862 contributed to the Journals and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and in the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 1866 became a fellow of the Royal Society. Contributed to the Calcutta Review. 1856 edited The Notes of the Eclectic Society. A number of other articles and writings are recorded. Died December 30th 1871 of cholera at Ghazepore