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He was born in New York City.
A lawyer, he served as American ambassador to Britain and later to Spain. He spoke Spanish. He was a prolific essayist who wrote widely respected biographies of George Washington and Muhammad as well as other historical figures. He also wrote books on 15th Century Spain dealing with subjects such as Columbus, the Moors, and the AlhambraThis article is about the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. For other meanings, see: Alhambra (disambiguation). The Alhambra is an ancient palace and fortress complex of the Moorish monarchs of Granada, in southern Spain, occupying a hilly terrace on the south-.
Irving traveled on the Western frontier in the 1830s and recorded his glimpses of western tribes in A Tour on the Prairies (1835) and was one of the few 19th Century figures to speak out against the mishandling of relations with the Native AmericanNative Americans (also Indians Aboriginal Peoples American Indians First Nations Alaskan Natives or Indigenous Peoples of America are the indigenous inhabitants of Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. This term compri tribes by Europeans:
Washington Irving was the first "literary lion" in the United States. He is said to have mentored authors such as Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne ( July 4, 1804 May 19, 1864) was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts and died in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Hawthorne's father was a sea captain and descendant of John Hathorn, one, Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow ( February 27, 1807 March 24, 1882) was an American poet who wrote many poems that are still famous today, including The Song of Hiawatha and Evangeline''. He lived for most of his life in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Henry was the, and Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe ( January 19, 1809 October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor and critic. He is best known for his tales of the macabre and his poems. Biography Life Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of actress Eliza Po.
His first book was A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Dietrich Knickerbocker (1809), a sly satire on self-important local history that brought " KnickerbockerKnickers is a word used to refer to two very different items of clothing. As an abbreviation for knickerbockers knickers is a term for mens' or boys' baggy knee trousers, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century. Golfers' plus twos and plu" into the American lexicon, and then wider English usage.
In 1819-1820 he published The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon , which included his best known stories, " The Legend of Sleepy HollowThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. written while he was living in Birmingham, England and first published in 1819. The story is set in the Dutch settlemen" and " Rip van Winkle".
Rip Van Winkle is a man who sleeps for twenty years and wakes in a world he cannot recognize. The name "Rip van Winkle" has gone into the language to describe people who awake and cannot recognize their surroundings. The story was written overnight, while staying with his sister, her husband, Henry van Wart, and their two sons and two daughters, one of whom was his godchild, in Birmingham, England - a place which also inspired some of his other works. Bracebridge Hall or The Humorists, A Medley is based on Aston Hall, there.
One of the van Wart's children would later name his first-born Washington Irving Van Wart (b. 1836), whose niece in turn was called Rosalinda Irving Van Wart (b. 1874).
It is believed that the city of Irving, Texas was named after him, as are Washington Street and Irving Street in Birmingham. His book Bracebridge Hall was the inspiration for the naming of the town of Bracebridge, Ontario.
He lived in his famous home of Sunnyside, which is still standing just suoth of the Tappan Zee Bridge. The property and the original house called "Wolfert's Roost" were originally owned by Wolfert Acker, about which he wrote the short story Wolfert's Roost.
Washington Irving's grave, in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery of Sleepy Hollow, New York. It is the one with the flag in front of it.
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