'''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''. ==Notes==<references/>
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