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| − | '''Washington Irving''' was a nineteenth century American diplomat and fiction writer, best known for his story ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' and the shorter ''Rip Van Winkle''. | + | '''Washington Irving''' (1783-1859) was a nineteenth century American diplomat <ref>He had been a competent secretary and ''chargé d'affaires'' of the American Legation in London from 1829 to 1832 and a skillful and shrewd Minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846. (Austin McC. Fox, Introduction to ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and other selection from Washington Irving'', Simon & Schuster, 1962) </ref> |
| + | and fiction writer, best known for his story ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' and the shorter ''Rip Van Winkle''. | ||
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Revision as of 14:14, May 11, 2007
Washington Irving (1783-1859) was a nineteenth century American diplomat [1] and fiction writer, best known for his story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the shorter Rip Van Winkle.
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- ↑ He had been a competent secretary and chargé d'affaires of the American Legation in London from 1829 to 1832 and a skillful and shrewd Minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846. (Austin McC. Fox, Introduction to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and other selection from Washington Irving, Simon & Schuster, 1962)
