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Edwin John Dove Pratt CMG FRSC (February 4, 1882 – April 26, 1964), [1] who published as E. J. Pratt, was a Canadian poet. [2] Originally from Newfoundland , Pratt lived most of his life in Toronto , Ontario .
Sandra Djwa, W.J. Keith, and Zailig Pollock, eds. Selected Poems of E. J. Pratt, with an introduction by Sandra Djwa. Toronto, Buffalo and London: University of Toronto Press, 2000. Monograph: Professing English at UBC: The Legacy of Roy Daniells and Garnett Sedgewick. The 1999 Garnett Sedgewick Memorial Lecture.
Elmore Joseph Andre (August 14, 1908 – September 6, 1984 [1] [2] [3]), known professionally as E. J. André, was an American writer, director, and actor on stage, film and television, [4] perhaps best known for portraying Uncle Jed and various other bit roles on Little House on the Prairie, and Eugene Bullock on Dallas.
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Pratt was born in Toronto, Ontario on March 18, 1921, the only daughter of Viola Whitney, an editor of the magazine World Friends, and poet E. J. Pratt. [1] Pratt contracted polio at the age of 4 and later developed osteomyelitis, an inflammatory disease of the bone. This affected her for most of her life. [2] [3]
Born in Quebec City, Quebec, he was the son of Garon Pratte and G. Rivard.He was the father of Guy Pratte, a prominent lawyer who practises in both Ontario and Quebec, [2] and André Pratte, editorial pages editor with Montreal's daily newspaper La Presse, and a fervent federalist voice in Quebec.
Born in Highland, New York, the son of George Washington Pratt (1840-1931) and Mary Adelaide Harcourt Pratt (1845-1909). His father served as the town of Lloyd's supervisor in 1872 and 1874. His mother was the daughter of Mathew and Sarah (Deyo) Harcourt, and through his mother he was a descendant of New Paltz patentees (founders) Christian ...
Pratt has been called "the Apostle Paul of Mormonism" for his promotion of distinctive Mormon doctrines. [3] Pratt explored and surveyed Parley's Canyon in Salt Lake City, Utah (named in his honor), and subsequently built and maintained the first road for public transportation in the canyon. Pratt practiced plural marriage. He was murdered in ...