Hugo Pratt origin, his maternal grandfather was of Marrano (Jewish) descent, and his grandmother was of Turkish origin. He was also related to actor Boris Karloff (né William Henry Pratt). In 1937, Pratt moved with his mother to Abyssinia (Ethiopia), joining his father who was working there following the conquest of that country by Benito Mussolini's Italy. Pratt's father, a professional Italian soldier, was captured in 1941 by British troops and in late 1942, died from disease as a prisoner of war. The same year, Hugo Pratt and his mother were interned in a prison camp at Dirédaoua, where he would buy
Henry Pratt Co the municipal gasification plants. The Henry Pratt Boiler and Machine Company was incorporated in the State of Illinois on November 1, 1901, with Henry Pratt named as President and Treasurer. It was located at 875 S. Halsted Street in Chicago in a building that housed the office, machine shop and boiler shop. The Henry Pratt Boiler and Machine Company provided 16” valves for the first electric generating station of any significant size in the city of Chicago, which was built by Commonwealth Edison at Fisk Street in 1903. When the reversing of the Chicago River exposed the LaSalle Street cable