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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countryOfCitizenship United States of America →
dateOfBirth 1783-04-03 →
dateOfDeath 1859-11-28 →
educatedAt Columbia University (did not graduate) →
familyName Irving →
fullName Washington Irving →
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) →
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Judith Gardenier → appearsInWorkBy → Washington Irving →
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The Great Unknown → associatedWithAuthor → Washington Irving →
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A History of New York → author → Washington Irving →
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Book III → author → Washington Irving →
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Book V → author → Washington Irving →
subject surface form: "Book V (A History of New York)"
Bracebridge Hall → author → Washington Irving →
Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists → author → Washington Irving →
Buckthorne and His Friends → author → Washington Irving →
Irving → author → Washington Irving →
subject surface form: "Rip Van Winkle"
Rip Van Winkle → author → Washington Irving →
Roscoe → author → Washington Irving →
Rural Funerals → author → Washington Irving →
Rural Life in England → author → Washington Irving →
Tales of a Traveller → author → Washington Irving →
The Adventure of the German Student → author → Washington Irving →
The Alhambra → author → Washington Irving →
The Angler → author → Washington Irving →
The Art of Book-Making → author → Washington Irving →
The Christmas Dinner → author → Washington Irving →
The Country Church → author → Washington Irving →
The Devil and Tom Walker → author → Washington Irving →
The Great Unknown → author → Washington Irving →
The Inn Kitchen → author → Washington Irving →
The Italian Banditti → author → Washington Irving →
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow → author → Washington Irving →
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The Life of George Washington → author → Washington Irving →
The Mutability of Literature → author → Washington Irving →
The Pride of the Village → author → Washington Irving →
The Spectre Bridegroom → author → Washington Irving →
The Voyage → author → Washington Irving →
The Widow and Her Son → author → Washington Irving →
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Dame Van Winkle → createdBy → Washington Irving →
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Tom Walker → createdBy → Washington Irving →
the Baron → createdBy → Washington Irving →
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Brom Bones → creator → Washington Irving →
Buckthorne and His Friends → creator → Washington Irving →
Diedrich Knickerbocker → creator → Washington Irving →
Geoffrey Crayon → creator → Washington Irving →
Headless Horseman → creator → Washington Irving →
Katrina Van Tassel → creator → Washington Irving →
Nicholas Vedder → creator → Washington Irving →
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American Romanticism → notableAuthor → Washington Irving →
C. S. Van Winkle → notableAuthorPublished → Washington Irving →
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William Irving → sibling → Washington Irving →
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The Widow and Her Son → workByAuthor → Washington Irving →
The Art of Book-Making → workOf → Washington Irving →
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