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Highgate Cemetery - Hodgson Pratt

Tuesday, 12 July 2016

Hodgson Pratt seems to be quite a mysterious fellow- however, it is known that he is an English pacifist who was credited with establishing the International Arbitration and Peace Association in 1880.

In 1847, after attending college. he joined the East India Company's service located in Calcutta. He became both under-secretary to the government of Bengal and inspector of public instruction there. 

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