Leon Barritt Explained

Leon Barritt
Birth Date:	5 November 1852
Birth Place:	Saugerties, New York
Death Date:	1938
Occupation:	Illustrator, cartoonist

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.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Smith, Michael Sullivan. A Brief History of Saugerties. 2016. The History Press. 978-1-4671-3594-8. 130–133.
2. Book: Helfand, Jessica. Reinventing the Wheel. 2002. Princeton Architectural Press. 978-1-56898-596-1. 25–26.
3. H. D. . Jones. Leon Barritt, a Man of Ideas. The Printer and Bookmaker. 1897. 24. 4. 162–164.