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 IRVING

IRVING

"William and Sarah (Sanders) Irving and of Gabriel and Sarah (Wall) Furman. He was graduated at Columbia in 1829, was admitted to the bar in 1832, and practised in New York city. He was married, June 5, 1838, to Helen, daughter of Abraham Schermerhorn, of New York city. He wrote for the Knickerbocker Magazine, 1842- 43, over the pen name '• John Quod."' He is the author of : Sketches in an Expedition to the Paw- nee Tribes (2 vols., 1835) ; Hawk Chief (1836) ; TJie Attorney and Harry Harson (about 1839) ; The Van Gelder Papers and Other Sketches (1887). His son, Cortlandt Irymg, was graduated at Columbia, LL.B., in 1805, and practised his pro- fession in connection with his father.

IRVING, Levin Thomas Handy, jurist, was born in Somerset county, Md., April 8, 1828 ; son of Dr. Handy Harris and Peggy Ker (Handy) Irv- ing, and grandson of Dr. Levin and Leah (Han- dy) Irving and of William and Betsy (Ker) Handy. He was prepared for college at "Washington academy and was graduated at the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1847, A.M., 1850. He read law with his uncle, "William "Washington Handy, of Princess Anne, Md., and practised in Somer- set county, Md., 1849-56 ; in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1856-57, and in Somerset county, Md., as a member of the firm of Jones & Irving. 1857-67. He was associate judge of the first judicial circuit, 1867-79 ; chief justice of the first judicial circuit and judge of the Maryland court of appeals by appointment of Gov. J. L. Carroll, 1879, and by unanimous election, 1879-92. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Princeton in 1879. He was married, Nov. 15, 1865, to Florence, daughter of Thomas Teackle and Elizabeth (Teackle) Upshur, of Northampton county, Va. He died in Princess Anne, Md., Aug. 24, 1892.

IRVING, Peter, author, was born in New Y^ork city. Oct. 80, 1771 ; son of William and Sarah (Sanders) Irving, and brother of William, John Treat, Ebenezer and W^ashington Irving. He was graduated at Columbia, M.D. in 1794. He founded the Morning Chronicle, a Democratic newspaper supporting Aaron Burr for the Presi- dency, in October, 1802, and among the contribu- tors to its columns were his brothers, Washington and John Treat Irving, James Kirke Paulding. William A. Duer and other well-known literary men of the time. He visited Europe in 1807, and during his absence his father died. On his return to New York he planned the publication of Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of Xew York, which he began and which was developed and carried through by his brother Washington. He engaged in business with his brothers, Ebenezer and Washington, as P. & E. Irving, and had charge of the business in Liverpool, England, 1809-18. After the firm failed in 1818 he suf-

fered much from ill-health. He remained abroad till 1836, and while in England he wrote Gio- vanni Sbogai-ro, a Venetian Tale (1820). He died in New York city, June 27, 1838.

IRVING, Pierre Munro, literator, was born in

New Y'ork city, in 1803 ; son of William and

(Paulding) Irving, and grandson of William and Sarah (Sanders) Irving. He was graduated at Columbia college in 1821, and was admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1824, and as a counsellor in 1827. He was travelling in Spain in 1826, when he met his uncle Washington, who pre- vailed upon him to take charge of " Life of Columbus," then going to press in London. This work he accomplished to the satisfaction of his uncle, who made him his literary assistant and the manager of his business affairs. Before his death Vf ashington Irving appointed Pierre Mun- ro his biographer, and in 1862-63 he carried out the wishes of his uncle by publishing The Life and Letters of Washington Irving. He also edited his Spanish Papers and Other Miscellanies (1866). He was married to Helen, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Richard and Ann (Irving) Dodge. She died in New York city, March 5, 1885. He died in New York city, Feb. 11, 1876.

IRVING, Roland Duer, geologist, was born in New York city, April 27, 1847 ; son of the Rev. Pierre Paris and Anna (Duer) Irving, and great- grandson of William and Sarah (Sanders) Irving, who settled in New Y^ork city in 1763. He was graduated at Columbia, M.E.. 1867, A.M., 1870, Ph.D., 1879. He was assistant on the Ohio geol- ogical survey, 1869-70 ; professor of geology, mining and metallurgy in the University of AVisconsin, 1870-88. He was assistant state geo- logist of Wisconsin, 1873-79 ; U.S. census expert, 1880-82, and U.S. geologist in charge of the survey of the Lake Superior division. 1882-88. He published : Geology of Central Wisconsin (1877); Lake Superior Begion {ISm; Crystal- line Rocks of the Wisconsin Valley (1882): Min- eralogy and Lithology of Wisconsin (1883), and reports of the U.S. geological survey (1883-86). He died in Madison, Wis., May 30. 1888.

IRVING, Theodore, educator, was born in New York city. May 9, 1809 ; son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Kip) Irving, and nephew of William, Peter, John Treat and Washington Irving. He joined his uncle Washington in Spain in 1826, and remained three years abroad, where he studied the modern languages. On returning to New Y'^ork city he studied law. He was professor of history, modern languages and belles-lettres at Hobart college, 1837-47, and of belles-lettres at the New Y'ork free academj- (College of the City of New Y^ork), 1848-52. He was ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal church in 1854, and was rector of Christ church, Bay Ridge, L.I. ; of