James Pratt (American Football)
James Pratt may refer to: *James Pratt (groom) (1805–1835), London man; one of the last two to be hanged for sodomy in England *James T. Pratt (1802–1887), American politician *James Bissett Pratt (1875–1944), philosopher *James Norwood Pratt (born 1942), author and authority on wine and tea *James Michael Pratt James Michael Pratt is an American writer. His novel ''The Lost Valentine'' (originally published as ''The Last Valentine'') was adapted into a The Lost Valentine, film released by Hallmark Hall of Fame in 2011. He has been called a ''Master o ...

James Pratt (groom)
James Pratt (1805–1835), also known as John Pratt, and John Smith (1795–1835) were two London men who, in November 1835, became the last two to be executed for sodomy in England.Cook ''et al'' (2007), p. 109. Pratt and Smith were arrested in August of that year after allegedly being spied through a keyhole having sex in the rented room of another man, William Bonill. Bonill, although not present, was Penal transportation, transported to Australia as an accessory to the crime, where he died. Modern interpretation has cast doubt on the facts and legality of the conviction. In January 2017, Pratt and Smith were among those who were posthumously pardoned by the Alan Turing law which pardoned those who had been convicted of criminalised homosexuality offences which no longer exist in the UK. Biographies James Pratt was born in 1805 and worked as a Groom (profession), groom. He was married and lived with his wife and children at Deptford, London.Sources give varying ages for the ...
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James T
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ...
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James Bissett Pratt
James Bissett Pratt (June 22, 1875 – January 15, 1944) held the Mark Hopkins Chair of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at Williams College. He was president of the American Theological Society from 1934 to 1935. Born in Elmira, New York, Pratt was the only child of Daniel Ransom Pratt and Katharine Graham Murdoch. He had an early appreciation of being read to by his mother, and particularly admired the idealism of Ralph Waldo Emerson in his youth. Pratt graduated from Elmira Free Academy in 1893, then attended Williams College, graduating in 1898. He subsequently studied at the University of Berlin and at Harvard University, earning his doctorate through his mentor William James William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher, historian, and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States. James is considered to be a leading thinker of the lat ... in 1905. He returned to Williams to teach an ...
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James Norwood Pratt
James Norwood Pratt (born March 27, 1942) is an American author, educator, and speaker, on the topics of wine, tea, and tea lore. Known as "America's Tea Sage," he is possibly the world's most widely read authority on tea and tea lore. Early years He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and brought up in Forsyth County, North Carolina. His mother, Helen Davis Pratt, was a graduate of the oldest female educational establishment that is still a women's college, Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She majored in Latin and English Literature, subjects she subsequently taught high school students. His father, Eugene C. Pratt, was an actor and musician, turned tobacco company executive and political activist, turned self-employed businessman and farmer. James Norwood Pratt was educated at R.J. Reynolds High School, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and in Europe. While at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he enrolled in its Hono ...
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