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

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diplomat ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
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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Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
Van Brunt → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
subject surface form: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Van Brunt → associatedWithAuthor → Washington Irving ⓘ
town of Mount Pleasant, New York → hasHistoricAssociation → Washington Irving ⓘ
subject surface form: Mount Pleasant, New York
The Knickerbocker magazine → notableContributor → Washington Irving ⓘ
Irvington, New York → namedAfter → Washington Irving ⓘ
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Baltus → createdBy → Washington Irving ⓘ
subject surface form: Baltus Van Tassel
The Knickerbocker group → hasMember → Washington Irving ⓘ
subject surface form: Knickerbocker group
Godey’s Lady’s Book → hasContributor → Washington Irving ⓘ
Irvington, New Jersey → namedAfter → Washington Irving ⓘ
South Broadway (Sleepy Hollow, New York) → associatedWith → Washington Irving ⓘ
John Treat Irving Sr. → notableRelative → Washington Irving ⓘ
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John Murray (London) → notableAuthorPublished → Washington Irving ⓘ
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Gottfried Wolfgang → creator → Washington Irving ⓘ
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Old Christmas → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
Frank Bracebridge → createdBy → Washington Irving ⓘ
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The Stout Gentleman → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
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The Widow → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Lovers → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
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The Forest Trees → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Forest Trees → authorName → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Busy Man → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Busy Man → includedInCollectionBy → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Literary Antiquary → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Stage-Coach → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Schoolmaster → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Lovers’ Stratagem → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
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The Family Meeting → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
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The Strolling Manager → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Storm-Ship → author → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Storm-Ship → creator → Washington Irving ⓘ
The Haunted House → author → Washington Irving ⓘ