George Dupont Pratt

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George Dupont Pratt (16 August, 1869 - 20 January, 1935) was a conservationist, philanthropist, Boy Scout sponsor, big-game hunter and collector of ancient antiquities.

He was born in Brooklyn, NY, the third son of Standard Oil magnate Charles Pratt and Mary Helen Richardson. After graduating from Amherst College in 1893, he worked for the Long Island Rail Road for several years, ending as assistant to the president and superintendent of ferries. As an early member of the Camp Fire Club he became interested in conservation and for 25 years served on its committee on conservation. He was Conservation Commissioner of New York from 1915 to 1921.

Pratt was a trustee of Amherst College, the American Museum of Natural History, the Metropolitan Museum, vice president of the Pratt Institute, and as president of the American Forestry Association.

His house Killenworth at Glen Cove was one of the larger Pratt family mansions, built in 1913 in a Tudor style, with 39 panelled rooms, thirteen bathrooms, twelve fireplaces, five cellars, a swimming pool, and flower beds tended by 50 gardeners. It was designed by Trowbridge and Ackerman. It is now the retreat for the Russian delegation to the United Nations.

He died at home in Glen Cove on 20 January, 1935.

His son, Sherman Pratt was an explorer, and joint founder of Marineland of Florida, the world's first oceanarium.