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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 politician, lawyer, diplomat, and writer. He served as the United States Ambassador to Spain. His notable works include The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, Tales of the Alhambra, and The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Diedrich Knickerbocker, Geoffrey Crayon, and Launcelot Langstaff.

Born in New York City on April 3, 1783, Irving died in Tarrytown on November 28, 1859. He is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Irving was a member of the New York Historical, American Antiquarian Society, American Philosophical Society, and National Academy of Design. His works are archived at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library and the New York Public Library Main Branch.

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Person · Open Library

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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Film & TV

Writing · New York City, New York

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Active from: 1783
Active to: 1859

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 5,499
Total plays: 57,585

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

THE ADSORPTION OF GASES ON PLANE SURFACES OF GLASS, MICA AND PLATINUM.
· 1918 · cited 20,590x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,613x
A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,776x
THE CONSTITUTION AND FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS. PART I. SOLIDS.
· 1916 · cited 8,963x
Stem cells, cancer, and cancer stem cells
· 2001 · cited 7,600x

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Quotes

“I endeavor to take things as they come with cheerfulness, and when I cannot get a dinner to suit my taste, I endeavor to get a taste to suit my dinner.”
“Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.”
“I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories.”
“There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one’s position, and be bruised in a new place.”
“The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages; and unless some of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect banking houses and other pious shrines, there is no knowing how long the inhabitants may remain in their present state of contented poverty.”
“Free-livers on a small scale, who are prodigal within the compass of a guinea.”

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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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Washington Irving