Leon Barritt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leon Barritt

American cartoonist and amateur astronomer

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1852

Place of Birth: Saugerties, New York, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: illustrator, cartoonist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Leon Barritt (1852–1938) was an American illustrator, cartoonist, journalist, and amateur astronomer.
He produced a famous cartoon satirizing Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, co-invented with Garrett P.
Serviss the Barritt–Serviss Star and Planet Finder, a popular star chart sold into the 1950s, and, after losing his artistic ability to paralysis, founded The Monthly Evening Sky Map magazine.
Born in Saugerties, New York, he began as a news agent in his home town before moving to Boston to work as an engraver.
After a year in Minnesota, he returned to New York in 1884, where he became cartoonist for the New York Press.