Leavitt Hunt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leavitt Hunt

American photographer and Army officer

Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1831

Place of Birth: Brattleboro, Vermont, United States

Date of Death: 16-Feb-1907

Profession: photographer, lawyer, art collector

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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Leavitt Hunt (1831–February 16, 1907) was a Harvard-educated attorney and photography pioneer who was one of the first people to photograph the Middle East.
He and a companion, Nathan Flint Baker, traveled to Egypt, the Holy Land, Lebanon, Turkey and Greece on a Grand Tour in 1851–52, making one of the earliest photographic records of the Arab and ancient worlds, including the Great Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza, views along the Nile River, the ruins at Petra and the Parthenon in Greece.