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Washington Irving

Also known as Diedrich Knickerbocker, Geoffrey Crayon, Lauuncelot Langstaff

American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)

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Washington Irving was an American writer, historian, and diplomat who lived from 1783 to 1859. He is remembered as an influential figure in American literature and public service during the early decades of the United States.

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Washington Irving is indexed among the 9,870 entries in Vinony's American Academy of Arts & Sciences collection.

Within Vinony's link graph, Washington Irving is referenced by 1,635 other articles, and connects out to United States Ambassador to Spain, Romanticism and Manhattan.

It sits within the topics 1783 births, 1859 deaths and 19th-century American biographers.

Its subject is documented across 76 Wikipedia language editions.

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Born: 3 April 1783
Died: 28 November 1859
Works: 1922

Top works

Guía literaria de Londres
The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gentleman
Salmagundi, or The whim-whams and opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq., [pseud.] and others
Mark Twain's Library of Humor
Biographies and miscellanies

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Instance of: human
Family name: Irving
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: New York City
Place of death: Tarrytown
Occupation: historian
Position held: United States Ambassador to Spain
Languages spoken: English language
Notable work: A History of New York
Genre: adventure fiction
Movement: Romantic literature
Image: Irving-Washington-LOC.jpg
Residence: Sunnyside

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Commons category: Washington Irving
date of birth: 1783-04-03
date of death: 1859-11-28
topic's main category: Category:Washington Irving
pseudonym: Launcelot Langstaff
Commons Creator page: Washington Irving
place of burial: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Commons gallery: Washington Irving
member of: Royal Academy of History
archives at: New York Public Library Main Branch
name in native language: Washington Irving
birth name: Washington Irving
has works in the collection: J. Paul Getty Museum
writing language: English language
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P12749: Samuel Hebich

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Encyclopedic overview

Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as the Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Irving served as the American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.

Irving was born and raised in Manhattan to a merchant family. He made his literary debut in 1802 with a series of observational letters to the Morning Chronicle, written under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle. He temporarily moved to England for the family business in 1815, where he achieved fame with the publication of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. which was serialized from 1819 to 1820. He continued to publish regularly throughout his life, and he completed a five-volume biography of George Washington just eight months before his death at age 76 in Tarrytown, New York.

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