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Washington Irving

1783 - 1859

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Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) 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 Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as the Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Irving served as the American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Washington Irving is the 578th most popular writer (up from 657th in 2019), the 737th most popular biography from United States (down from 677th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Writer.

Washington Irving is most famous for writing "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle."

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Among writers, Washington Irving ranks 578 out of 7,302. Before him are Gaius Julius Hyginus, Napoleon Hill, Alexander Herzen, Maya Angelou, Ivan Krylov, and Imadaddin Nasimi. After him are Dimitrie Cantemir, Walther von der Vogelweide, John Donne, Ulrich von Hutten, Bai Juyi, and Adam de la Halle.

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Among people born in 1783, Washington Irving ranks 4. Before him are Stendhal, Simón Bolívar, and Hortense de Beauharnais. After him are Agustín de Iturbide, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Vasily Zhukovsky, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, Friedrich Sertürner, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, and Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Among people deceased in 1859, Washington Irving ranks 13. Before him are Wilhelm Grimm, Carl Ritter, Thomas De Quincey, John Vianney, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, and Josip Jelačić. After him are Louis Spohr, John Brown, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Archduke John of Austria, Bettina von Arnim, and Leigh Hunt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Washington Irving ranks 737 out of 20,380. Before him are Reese Witherspoon (1976), Hugh David Politzer (1949), Napoleon Hill (1883), Maya Angelou (1928), Doris Day (1922), and Roger D. Kornberg (1947). After him are Lou Reed (1942), Jerome Bruner (1915), Jerome Karle (1918), Ice-T (1958), Alec Baldwin (1958), and J. Paul Getty (1892).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Washington Irving ranks 64. Before him are Richard Bach (1936), Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Tom Clancy (1947), Sidney Sheldon (1917), Napoleon Hill (1883), and Maya Angelou (1928). After him are Bell hooks (1952), Ellen G. White (1827), Theodore Dreiser (1871), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), Patricia Highsmith (1921), and Allen Ginsberg (1926).

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