Washington Irving

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biographer diplomat essayist historian human short story writer writer

Washington Irving was a pioneering 19th-century American author best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle."

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Washington Irving canonical 139
Geoffrey Crayon (pseudonym of Washington Irving) 1
Washington Irving (historical) 1

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diplomat ⓘ
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historian ⓘ
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short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1783-04-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1859-11-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University (did not graduate) ⓘ
familyName Irving ⓘ
fullName Washington Irving self-link ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
essay ⓘ
history ⓘ
short story ⓘ
givenName Washington ⓘ
influenced American short story tradition ⓘ
Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement American Romanticism ⓘ
surface form: Romanticism
notableAchievement One of the first American writers to gain fame in Europe ⓘ
notableWork A History of New York ⓘ
Bracebridge Hall ⓘ
Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus ⓘ
Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
Tales of a Traveller ⓘ
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
The Life of George Washington ⓘ
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfBurial Sleepy Hollow Cemetery ⓘ
placeOfDeath Tarrytown, New York ⓘ
positionHeld U.S. Ambassador to Spain ⓘ
U.S. Minister to Spain ⓘ
pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
surface form: Jonathan Oldstyle
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
residence Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Peter Irving ⓘ
William Irving ⓘ
termEnd 1846 (as U.S. Minister to Spain) ⓘ
termStart 1842 (as U.S. Minister to Spain) ⓘ

Referenced by (143)

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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States → associatedWith → Washington Irving ⓘ
subject surface form: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States → hasNotableBurial → Washington Irving ⓘ
subject surface form: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States → commemorates → Washington Irving ⓘ
subject surface form: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
Washington Irving → fullName → Washington Irving self-link ⓘ
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
Ichabod Crane → createdBy → Washington Irving ⓘ
American Romanticism → notableAuthor → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949 film) → authorOfSourceMaterial → Washington Irving ⓘ
subject surface form: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) → basedOnAuthor → Washington Irving ⓘ
Tales of a Traveller → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Life of George Washington → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York → formerResident → Washington Irving ⓘ
Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York → builtFor → Washington Irving ⓘ
Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York → owner → Washington Irving ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Irving (historical)
Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York → category → Washington Irving ⓘ
Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow → describedByAuthor → Washington Irving ⓘ
Katrina Van Tassel → creator → Washington Irving ⓘ
Geoffrey Crayon → creator → Washington Irving ⓘ
Geoffrey Crayon → usedAsPseudonymOf → Washington Irving ⓘ
A History of New York → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
Diedrich Knickerbocker → creator → Washington Irving ⓘ
Irving → hasNotableBearer → Washington Irving ⓘ
Irving → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
subject surface form: Rip Van Winkle
Irving → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
subject surface form: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Tarry Town → createdBy → Washington Irving ⓘ
Rip Van Winkle → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
William Irving → sibling → Washington Irving ⓘ
William Irving → relative → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Spectre Bridegroom → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Mutability of Literature → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Art of Book-Making → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Art of Book-Making → workOf → Washington Irving ⓘ
Rural Funerals → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Inn Kitchen → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Italian Banditti → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
Brom Bones → creator → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Wife → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Wife → partOf → Washington Irving ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Irving’s short fiction corpus
The Voyage → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Voyage → workByAuthor → Washington Irving ⓘ
Headless Horseman → creator → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Alhambra → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery → associatedWith → Washington Irving ⓘ
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Devil and Tom Walker → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Christmas Dinner → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Angler → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Pride of the Village → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Pride of the Village → includedInCollectionBy → Washington Irving ⓘ