# Diedrich Knickerbocker — The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. character guide

> Diedrich Knickerbocker in The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. by Washington Irving.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Knickerbocker, the late Diedrich Knickerbocker, Mr. Knickerbocker

**First appearance:** 0007-rip-van-winkle

## Who they are

The fictional historian who supposedly recorded the Dutch tales.

## In the story

### [Rip Van Winkle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sketchbook_of_geoffrey_crayon_gent_se/chapters/rip-van-winkle)

Posthumous author of the tale, whose notes and memorandum-book provide the frame story.

### [The Legend of Sleepy Hollow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sketchbook_of_geoffrey_crayon_gent_se/chapters/the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow)

The fictional author whose papers contain the tale; also appears in the postscript as the recorder of the story.

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