Washington Irving Small 259×320 Medium 519×640 Large 830×1024 Download Tiff Original 1946×2400 | (6.5 MB) Description Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. Keywords Author, historian Galleries Famous People: I-J, Historians Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 5) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)
