American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent" (Wikipedia).
Washington Irving
×CloseAmerican writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)
Born | 3 April 1783 |
Died | 28 November 1859 |
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Washington Irving
×CloseAmerican writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)
Born | 3 April 1783 |
Died | 28 November 1859 |
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Fiction, History, Description and travel, Children's fiction, Social life and customs, American literature, short story, short stories, American Horror tales, Classic Literature, Biography, Discovery and exploration, Fur trade, horror, American Short stories, Indians of North America, Travel, Juvenile fiction, catalepsy, gothic fiction, Horror stories, burial vaults, dragons, hermitages, heroic romancesPlaces
Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.), England, United States, Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), New York (State), Northwestern States, Spain, West (U.S.), America, Oklahoma, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, Astoria (Or.), Oregon, Massachusetts, Granada (Kingdom), Florida, New England, Salem Village, États du Nord-Ouest (États-Unis), Canada, Fountain of Youth, India, Italy, États-Unis (Ouest)People
Washington Irving (1783-1859), Christopher Columbus, Ethelred, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1796-1878), George Washington (1732-1799), Peyton Farquhar, Devil, Elizabeth, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Mr. Hooper, Colonel Killigrew, Dr. Heidegger, Mr. Gascoigne, Mr. Medbourne, Sylvia Ward, Widow Wycherley, Beatrice Rappaccini, Brently Mallard, C. Auguste Dupin, Father Time, FortunatoTime
19th century, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1861-1865, Spanish Conquest, 1476-1492, 1861-65, American Civil War, 1600s, 711-1516, 1775-1865, 18th century, Jusqu'à 1848, To 1848, Antebellum era, Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1692, 1775-1783, Carnival, To 1775, 1713-1763 (New France), 20th Century, 711-1492 (Période arabe), Arab period, 711-1492, Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775, Conquest, 1519-1540ID Numbers
- OLID: OL19725A
- ISNI: 0000000121370797
- VIAF: 65939603
- Wikidata: Q181667
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q181667
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Alternative names
- Jonathan Oldstyle
- Washington Irving, Esqr.
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