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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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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The Widow and Her Son → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Widow and Her Son → workByAuthor → Washington Irving ⓘ
Sleepy Hollow → createdBy → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Country Church → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
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Buckthorne and His Friends → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
Buckthorne and His Friends → creator → Washington Irving ⓘ
Bracebridge Hall → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
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Sleepy Hollow, New York → containsGraveOf → Washington Irving ⓘ
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Tarrytown, New York → associatedWithAuthor → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Great Unknown → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Geoffrey Crayon (pseudonym of Washington Irving)
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Roscoe → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
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Book I → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
Book V → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
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Book III → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
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Knickerbocker (nickname for New Yorker) → popularizedBy → Washington Irving ⓘ
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Knickerbocker (nickname for New Yorker) → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
subject surface form: A History of New York
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Dame Van Winkle → createdBy → Washington Irving ⓘ
the Baron → createdBy → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Adventure of the German Student → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
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Nicholas Vedder → creator → Washington Irving ⓘ
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Sleepy Hollow (TV series) → basedOnWorkBy → Washington Irving ⓘ
Tom Walker → createdBy → Washington Irving ⓘ
Rural Life in England → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
Squire Bracebridge → creator → Washington Irving ⓘ
Abraham Van Brunt → createdBy → Washington Irving ⓘ