Pratt or Jolliboy, (25 December 1921[1][2] – 28 December 2017)[3][4] was a Sierra Leone Creole politician, lawyer, and agriculturalist who served under the administration of President Siaka Stevens.
Pratt was one of the few Sierra Leone Creole politicians to serve in both the Margai administrations and the APC government.
Solomon Athanasius James Pratt was born in Bathurst, British Gambia on 25 December 1921 to George Pratt and Omotunde Weekes.
(Economics) Hons at London University and completed his studies at St Catherine's College, Oxford where he was trained as an agriculturalist after completing a Diploma in Agricultural Economics in 1948 and a B.Litt.
Pratt also qualified as a barrister and studied at the Research Institute and Council of Legal Education (Inner Temple) London.