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Irving, Peter, 1772-1838

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Personal name headingIrving, Peter, 1772-1838
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Variant(s)Irving, Peter, 1771-1838
G., Percival, 1772-1838
LocatedNew York (N.Y.)
Birth date17721030
Death date18380627
Place of birthNew York (N.Y.)
Profession or occupationEditors Physicians
Found inHis An inaugural dissertation on the influenza, 1794: t.p. (Peter Irving, citizen of the state of New-York; candidate for Doctor of Physic, Columbia College, 1794)
His Giovanni Sbogarro, 1820: t.p. (Percival G.---)
LC in RLIN, 8/9/85 (hdg.: Irving, Peter, 1771-1838)
American national biography (Irving, Peter; M.D., Columbia, 1794; after a short time abandoned medicine for social and literary activities; editor, Morning chronicle, from 1802; author of Giovanni Sbogarro: a Venetian tale, 1820, adapted from a French story by Charles Nodier; ran unsuccessfully for N.Y. state Assembly; Freemason; b. N.Y., 30 Oct. 1772; d. 17 June 1838)
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