Peter Irving
Peter Irving | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New York County | |
| In office July 1, 1802 – June 30, 1803 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 30, 1771 William Irving (brother) |
| Parent(s) | William Irving Sr. Sarah Sanders Irving |
| Education | Columbia University |
Peter Irving (October 30, 1771 - June 27, 1838) was an American physician, author, and politician who was the brother of
Early life
Irving was born in
Career
Irving studied medicine at
Like his brothers William and John, Peter was a member of the Calliopean Society, a literary club for young men that sometimes met at William's house.[5] He translated Giovanni Sbogarro: A Venetian Tale.[6][7] Reportedly,[5]
"Peter was atypical of the partisan editors of the period. He was too reserved to print obvious lies, or to pass on ugly rumors and pitch abusive words at Burr's enemies. Cheetham derided him by calling him 'Miss' Irving, a direct allusion to his sexual identity. Civil Peter knew whom he could turn to for help: Washington resented Cheetham's unprovoked assaults on his brother, including the suggestion (with clear homosexual overtones) that he was merely the slavish follower of a known libertine."[5]
From 1802 to 1803, Irving served in the
From 1809 until 1836, Irving lived in Europe for nearly 25 years, returning just two years before his eventual death in 1838.[6]
Personal life
Peter, a bachelor like his brother Washington, spent his final days in New York City with Washington, who came to visit from his cottage Sunnyside in Tarrytown.[11] Peter died on June 27, 1838. He is buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
Legacy
His papers are held variously at the
References
- ^ "WASHINGTON IRVING. | SECOND ARTICLE" (PDF). The New York Times. January 14, 1864. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ISBN 9780806134253. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ Docent Tour (October 28, 2017). "Home of the Legend: Washington Irving's Sunnyside". Historic Hudon Valley.
- ^ Irving, Peter (1943). Peter Irving's Journals. New York Public Library. pp. 10, 45, 113. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ ISBN 9780786722228. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ a b Allibone, Samuel Austin (1897). A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors: Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century. Containing Over Forty-six Thousand Articles (authors), with Forty Indexes of Subjects. J. B. Lippincott. p. 317. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ Irving, Washington; Allibone, Samuel Austin (1858). Irving Vignettes: Vignette Illustrations of the Writings of Washington Irving. G.P. Putnam. p. 10. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "Irving family of New York". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ Hough, Franklin Benjamin (1858). The New York Civil List: Containing the names and origin of the civil divisions, and the names and dates of election or appointment of the principal state and county officers from the Revolution to the present time. Weed, Parsons and Co. p. 118. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ Griswold, Rufus Wilmot (1978). The Prose Writers of America, 4th Edition. Garrett Press, Inc. p. 201. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ISBN 978-1-55970-836-4.
- ^ Peter Irving (1943). Peter Irving's Journals. Editors: Leonard Brothwell Beach, Theodore Hornberger, Wyllis Eaton Wright. New York Public Library.