Julius William Pratt (1888–1983)[1] was a United States historian who specialized in foreign relations and imperialism.
Pratt's older sister Alice Day acquired her own reputation as a writer, teacher, and homesteader in Oregon.
Pratt taught English at the United States Naval Academy from 1919 to 1924, before moving to Rutgers University for two years.
[8] Pratt delivered the Albert Shaw Lectures on Diplomatic History for 1936, later published as The Expansionists of 1898: The Acquisition of Hawaii and the Spanish Islands.
In the period 1938–39, Pratt was one of the "Committee of Ten on Reorganization and Policy" charged by the American Historical Association with reviewing the organization and recommending improvements.