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Born | Steubenville, Ohio | May 10, 1824
Died | December 12, 1909 Annapolis, Maryland | (aged 85)
Education | Jefferson College |
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Bithia Brooks Leavitt
(died 1880) |
Children | 6, including John Brooks Leavitt |
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John McDowell Leavitt (May 10, 1824 – December 12, 1909) was an early Ohio lawyer, Episcopal clergyman, poet, novelist, editor and professor. Leavitt served as the second President [1] of Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and as President of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland.