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Benjamin Pratt

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Benjamin Pratt
18th Provost of Trinity College Dublin
In office
1 August 1710 – 30 July 1717
Preceded byPeter Browne
Succeeded byRichard Baldwin
Personal details
Born(1669-04-17)17 April 1669
Summerhill, County Meath, Ireland
Died22 June 1721(1721-06-22) (aged 52)
Bath, Somerset, England
Alma materTrinity College Dublin

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.[1]

Life

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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.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Benjamin Pratt". Trinity College Dublin. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
Academic offices
Preceded by Provost of Trinity College Dublin
1710–1717
Succeeded by