-
Born
Washington Irving born on April 3, 1783 -
Studies
Irving was an uninterested student who preferred adventure stories and drama, and he regularly sneaked out of class in the evenings to attend the theater by the time he was 14. -
Life
It was in Tarrytown he became familiar with the nearby town of Sleepy Hollow, New York, with its Dutch customs and local ghost stories. -
Writing
Irving began writing letters to the New York Morning Chronicle in 1802 when he was 19, submitting commentaries on the city's social and theater scene under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle. -
Stories
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Devil and Tom Walker, Kidd the Pirate, ... -
Died
November 28, 1859 (aged 76)
Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York