• Irving's mother named him after George Washington.[3] Irving met his namesake at age 6 when George Washington came to New York just before his...
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  • Who Was Washington Irving? Early Years and Career. European Residency and Fame. Later Years, Death and Legacy. Who Was Washington Irving?
  • Washington Irving (1783–1859)” from The New York Public Library Digital Collections. In Dec. 1809, a little-known writer came out with a book with a wordy title.
  • Washington Irving was born in 1783 in New York City. He was the youngest of eleven children of a wealthy merchant father, a Scottish immigrant who ...
  • The Complete Works of Washington Irving, edited by Richard Dilworth Rust and others, thirty volumes, University of Wisconsin Press (Madison, WI), 1969-1988).
  • Washington Irving was in London when his artist-friend Charles Leslie painted this portrait of him in 1820. The New York Public Library / public domain.
  • Washington Irving was the first among American authors to acquire general acknowledgment throughout the world.
  • Famed 19th century American author Washington Irving is known for his biographical works and such stories as 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy...
  • In 1811 he moved to Washington, D.C., as a lobbyist for the Irving brothers’ hardware-importing firm, but his life seemed aimless for some years.