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Washington Irving

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Category: Arts & Culture
Born:
April 3, 1783, New York, New York, U.S.
Died:
November 28, 1859, Tarrytown, New York (aged 76)
Awards And Honors:
Hall of Fame (1900)
Notable Works:
“A History of New York”
“A Tour of the Prairies”
“Rip Van Winkle”
“The Adventures of Captain Bonneville”
“The Alhambra”
“The Devil and Tom Walker”
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
“The Sketch Book”
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Bread and Cheese Club
Knickerbocker school
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Washington Irving (born April 3, 1783, New York, New York, U.S.—died November 28, 1859, Tarrytown, New York) has been described as the “first American man of letters.” He wrote numerous works but is best known for “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle,” which have been called the first American short stories. The favorite and last of 11 children of an austere Presbyterian father and a genial Anglican mother, young, frail Irving grew up in an atmosphere of indulgence. He escaped a college education, which his father required of his older sons, but read intermittently at the law, ...(100 of 641 words)

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