Anthony E. Pratt Anthony E. Pratt Anthony Ernest Pratt (10 August 1903 – 9 April 1994) was a musician and the inventor of the English detective themed board game Cluedo, currently owned and marketed by American entertainment company Hasbro. Pratt was born at 13 Brighton Road in the Balsall Heath area of Birmingham, England. He received his secondary education at St. Philip's School in Edgbaston. His favourite subject was chemistry, but he suffered from poor eyesight, which affected his education. Pratt was a gifted musician and a proficient pianist from an early age. When he left school at 15, he wanted to pursue
The President of the United States, Detective exception, readers and critics disapproved of the story". The "Glasgow Herald" called it a "stand-out" and "stupendous"; however, "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction" considers it "eccentric". The story has been cited as an early example of geoengineering in fiction. The President of the United States, Detective The President of the United States, Detective is a science fiction/mystery short story by H. F. Heard. It was originally published in "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" in March 1947, and subsequently republished in "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" in April 1969 and February 1991, in the 1949 anthology "The Queen's Awards", and in the 1975