Daniel Leavitt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American firearms inventor
Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1813
Place of Birth: Rye, New Hampshire, United States
Date of Death: 27-Jul-1859
Profession: inventor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Daniel Leavitt
- Daniel Leavitt (November 16, 1813 – July 27, 1859) was an early American inventor who, with his partner Edwin Wesson, patented the first revolver after Samuel Colt's, and subsequently manufactured one of the first American revolving pistols.
- The innovative design was manufactured only briefly before a patent suit by Colt forced the company to stop producing the Leavitt & Wesson Dragoon revolver.
- But Leavitt's early patents, and those of his partner Wesson, stoked competition and helped drive the technological and manufacturing boom that produced the modern firearms industry.
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