Diedrich knickerbocker biography

American literary character

Diedrich Knickerbocker is an American literary character who originated from Washington Irving's first novel, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker (1809).

Diedrich knickerbocker biography

He is a Dutch-American historian who is dressed in a specific type of baggy-kneed trousers referred to as knickerbockers, later shortened to knickers. The word knickerbocker is also used to refer to people who live in Manhattan,^[1] and was adopted in a shortened form as the Knicks by the city's NBA professional basketball team.

History

In 1809, Washington Irving wrote his first novel, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker. It was a satire of the politics of the day and history books.

To promote the book he started a hoax by contacting various newspapers in New York City that "well-known Dutch histori