Washington Irving was born in New York City, New York on April 3, 1783. He was a well know writer. He had 11 siblings and was named after George Washington. He was educated privately and he studied law. One of his early careers was writing essays for periodicals. He then went to Europe for a short while and then returned to New York and practiced law. He was a horrible student and barely passed.
In 1815 Irving went to England to work for his brother. That didn't work out so he made a bunch of stories and essays. This became known as "The Sketch Book" and included "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". These are two of his most famous works. He was a U.S ambasodor. He continued to write some biographies and other works. One of his famous quotes is,"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them." He meas that great minds don't care about misfortune and bad things, they are mentally strong and learn from them. Little minds get down on themselves and don;t learn from it. Overall Washington Irving was a very good writer and is remembered today.
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