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| Born | November 5, 1852 |
| Died | 1938 |
| Occupations | 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]
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Pulitzer and Hearst depicted as struggling over coverage of the US-Spanish War
"The Commercial Vampire" (1898), an antisemitic cartoon against Jewish department store owners[4]
The Barritt–Serviss Star and Planet Finder
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- ↑ Smith, Michael Sullivan (2016). A Brief History of Saugerties. The History Press. pp. 130–133. ISBN 978-1-4671-3594-8.
- ↑ Helfand, Jessica (2002). Reinventing the Wheel. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 25–26. ISBN 978-1-56898-596-1.
- ↑ Jones, H. D. (1897). "Leon Barritt, a Man of Ideas". The Printer and Bookmaker. 24 (4): 162–164.
- ↑ Johnson, Karen J.; Yeager, Jonathan M. (2024-06-18). Understanding and Teaching Religion in US History. University of Wisconsin Pres. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-299-34630-0.
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