George Washington Montgomery
George Washington Montgomery, or Jorge Montgomery (
American Spanish-born writer, translator and diplomat.[1]
His father was an Irishman businessman, John Montgomery; his mother was perhaps a Spaniard. His father had lived in
San Juan de Puerto Rico, 1835–38; Tampico, 1840–41. He is entombed at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. in the Van Ness Mausoleum.[3][4]
As a writer and translator, he wrote adaptations of some minor works of Washington Irving in Tareas de un solitario,[5] and the first Spanish translation of The Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by this author.[6] In 1832, published El bastardo de Castilla, «historical novel, chivalrous, original» about the romantic medieval hero Bernardo del Carpio.[7] In 1839, Narrative of a journey to Guatemala, in Central America, in 1838, an interesting travelogue about these regions, was published in New York.[8]
References
- ^ The Political Graveyard.com
- ^ Thomas McKean daughter by his second wife, Sarah Armitage.
- ^ The Political Graveyard.com
- ^ "Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, D.C. (Van Ness) - Lot 173 East (Van Ness Mausoleum)" (PDF). oakhillcemeterydc.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
- ^ Tareas de un solitario, o nueva colección de novelas, Madrid: Imprenta Espinosa, 1829
- ^ Crónica de la conquista de Granada. Escrita en inglés por Mr. Washington Irving. Tr. al castellano por Don Jorge W. Montgomery ..., Madrid: Impr. de I. Sancha, 1831.
- ^ El bastardo de Castilla. Novela historica, caballeresca, original, por don Jorge Montgomery .., Madrid: Imprenta de I. Sancha, 1832.
- ^ Narrative of a journey to Guatemala, in Central America, in 1838 / by G.W. Montgomery. New York : Wiley & Putnam, 1839.
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