Thaddeus William Henry Leavitt

Thaddeus William Henry Leavitt (1844 – 21 June 1909) was an American-Canadian teacher, journalist, author and editor, public servant. He was the author of a number of books and the founder of the Brockville Daily Times.

Early life Leavitt was born in Connecticut in 1844 and raised in Leeds County, Ontario.

Career Leavitt worked as a teacher in the 1860s before he became the editor of the Brockville Recorder newspaper. In 1918, the Daily Times merged with The Recorder to become The Recorder and Times. The same year, he got a job at the Customs Service in Ottawa. But he resigned from Customs in 1899 at the request of Sir Charles Tupper, Prime Minister of Canada, to become a Conservative organiser for Eastern Ontario.

He later became Inspector of Ontario Libraries. His brother, William H. Leavitt had been the publisher of a number of his books.

Notable works Leavitt was the author of a number of books, including historical books about Australia.

These included: History of Leeds and Grenville Ontario: from 1749 to 1879 (1879)

Australian Representative Men (1887)

Kaffir, Kangaroo, Klondike: Tales of the Gold Fields'' (1898)