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Izaak Walton

English author and biographer (1593-1683) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 90

Izaak Walton was an English writer. Best known as the author of The Compleat Angler (1653), he also wrote a number of short biographies including one of his friend John Donne. They have been collected under the title of Walton's Lives.

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United Kingdom
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Writers
Type
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Status
Deceased
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Lived 1593 to 1683 · aged 90