Izaak Walton
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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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Walton's house at '120 Chancery Lane' occupied 1627-1644 (from Old & New London, Walter Thornbury, 1872)
Izaak Walton and his scholar, woodcut by Louis Rhead
Viator's bridge near Milldale (Peak District) is named for its reference in The Compleat Angler.
Photogravure of Walton's Shallowford house, 1888Writers from United Kingdom 6
About this person
Country
United KingdomCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1593 to 1683 · aged 90
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