Question: Facts:   - death place: meredith , new hampshire    - caption: dudley leavitt , 1849 . new hampshire historical society    - notableworks: leavitt 's farmers almanack    - death date: 20 september 1851    - spouse: judith glidden      - education: phillips exeter academy    - portaldisp: y    - birth date: 1772    - name: dudley leavitt    - citizenship: american    - nationality: american    - image: dudley leavitt publisher.jpg    - birth place: exeter , new hampshire    - religion: congregationalist    - occupation: teacher , mathematician , writer , publisher   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dudley leavitt -lrb- publisher -rrb- .
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dudley leavitt -lrb- 1772 -- september 20 , 1851 -rrb- was an american publisher .he was an early graduate of phillips exeter academy in his native town of exeter , new hampshire , and later moved to gilmanton where he first edited a newspaper and taught school .within a few years , leavitt relocated to meredith , where in addition to teaching school and farming , he began publishing in 1797 `` leavitt 's farmers almanack '' , one of the nation 's earliest farmers ' almanacs .a polymath , leavitt poured his knowledge of disparate fields including mathematics , language and astronomy into the wildly popular almanacs , which outlived their creator , being published until 1896 .the inaugural issue of 1797 carried the title of `` the new england calendar : or , almanack for the year of our lord 1797 '' .on the cover was the disclaimer that the new publication was `` calculated for the meridian of concord , latitude 43 ° 14 ' n. longitude 72 ° 45 ' w. : and with but little variation will answer for any of the new england states . ''