Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (died 1859)

Washington Irving

American writer, historian, and diplomat (1783–1859)

Washington Irving 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…