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Biography

Walton was born at Stafford; the register of his baptism gives his father's name as Jervis, and nothing more is known of his parentage. This article is about the town of Stafford, England. ...

He settled in London as an ironmonger, and at first had one of the small shops, in the upper story of Thomas Gresham's Royal Burse or Exchange in Cornhill. In 1614 he had a shop in Fleet Street, two doors west of Chancery Lane. Here, in the parish of St Dunstan's, he gained the friendship of Dr. John Donne, then vicar of that church. His first wife, married in December 1626, was Rachel Floud, a great-great-niece of Archbishop Cranmer. She died in 1640. He married again soon after, his second wife being Anne Ken — the pastoral Kenna of The Angler's Wish—step-sister of Thomas Ken, afterwards bishop of Bath and Wells. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Standard atomic weight 55. ... Portrait by Anthonis Mor, c. ... The Royal Exchange in 1844. ... Cornhill is one of the principal streets of the City of London, the historic nucleus of modern London. ... Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. ... Fleet Street in 2005 Fleet Street is a famous street in London, England, named after the River Fleet. ... For the Welsh courtier and diplomat, see Sir John Donne. ... In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare vicarious). In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Thomas Cranmer (July 2, 1489 – March 21, 1556) was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI. He is credited with writing and compiling the first two Books of Common Prayer which established the basic structure of Anglican liturgy for centuries and... Events December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. ... Bishop Thomas Ken Thomas Ken (July 1637 – 19 March 1711), English churchman, was the most eminent of the English non-juring bishops, and one of the fathers of modern English hymnology // Ken was born at Little Berkhampstead, Herts, the son of Thomas Ken of Furnivals Inn, who belonged to... The Bishop of Bath and Wells is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury. ...

After the Royalist defeat at Marston Moor, Walton retired from business. He had bought some land near his birthplace, Stafford, and he went to live there; but in 1650 he was again living in Clerkenwell. In 1653 came out the first edition of his famous book, The Compleat Angler. His second wife died in 1662, and was buried in Worcester Cathedral, where there is a monument to her memory. One of his daughters married Dr. Hawkins, a prebendary of Winchester. Combatants Scottish Covenanters, Parliamentarians Royalists Commanders Earl of Leven, Earl of Manchester, Lord Fairfax Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Marquess of Newcastle Strength 7,000 horse, 500+ dragoons, 14,000 foot, 30 - 40 guns 6,000 horse, 11,000 foot, 14 guns Casualties 300 killed 4,000 killed, 1,500... Year 1650 (MDCL) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Clerkenwell Green and St James church Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... Events February 1 - The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. ... A plan of Worcester Cathedral made in 1836. ... A prebendary is a post connected to a cathedral or collegiate church and is a type of canon. ... Winchester Cathedral as seen from the Cathedral Close View along the nave of Winchester Cathedral to the west door A plan published in 1911 View of Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England, said to be the second longest, and with...

Fishing

The last forty years of his long life seem to have been spent in ideal leisure and occupation, the old man traveling here and there, visiting eminent clergymen and others who enjoyed fishing, compiling the biographies of congenial spirits, and collecting here a little and there a little for the enlargement of his famous treatise. After 1662 he found a home at Farnham Castle with George Morley, bishop of Winchester, to whom he dedicated his Life of George Herbert and also that of Richard Hooker; and from time to time he visited Charles Cotton in his fishing house on the Dove. He died in his daughter's house at Winchester, and was buried in the cathedral. It is characteristic of his kindly nature that he left his property at Shallowford for the benefit of the poor of his native town. Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. ... Events February 1 - The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. ... Farnham Castle is a castle in Farnham, Surrey, England. ... George Morley (1597-1684), English bishop, was born in London and educated at Westminster and Oxford. ... Arms of the Bishop of Winchester The diocese of Winchester is one of the oldest and most important in England. ... Richard Hooker (March 1554 - November 3, 1600) was an influential Anglican theologian. ... Charles Cotton (April 28, 1630 - February, 1687) was an English poet, best-known for translating the work of Michel de Montaigne from the French. ... The River Dove at Dovedale. ... Winchester Cathedral as seen from the Cathedral Close View along the nave of Winchester Cathedral to the west door A plan published in 1911 View of Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England, said to be the second longest, and with...

Walton hooked a much bigger fish than he angled for when he offered his quaint treatise, The Compleat Angler, to the public. There is hardly a name in English literature whose immortality is more secure, or whose personality is the subject of a more devoted cult. Multitudes who have never put a worm on a hook—even on a fly-hook—have been caught and securely held by his picture of the delights of the gentle craft and his easy leisurely transcript of his own simple, peaceable, lovable and amusing character. The Compleat Angler was published in 1653, but Walton continued to add to its completeness in his leisurely way for a quarter of a century. It was dedicated to John Offley, his most honoured friend. There was a second edition in 1655, a third in 1661 (identical with that of 1664), a fourth in 1668 and a fifth in 1676. In this last edition the thirteen chapters of the original have grown to twenty-one, and a second part was added by his loving friend and brother angler Charles Cotton, who took up Venator where Walton had left him and completed his instruction in fly-fishing and the making of flies. Izaak Walton (August 9, 1593 - December 15, 1683) was an English writer, author of The Compleat Angler. ... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian, V.S... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... Events March 25 - Saturns largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens. ... 1661 (MDCLXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ... 1668 (MDCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Events January 29 - Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia First measurement of the speed of light, by Ole Rømer Bacons Rebellion Russo-Turkish Wars commence. ...

Walton did not profess to be an expert with the fly; the fly fishing in his first edition was contributed by Thomas Barker, a retired cook and humorist, who produced a treatise of his own in 1659; but in the use of the live worm, the grasshopper and the frog "Piscator" himself could speak as a master. The famous passage about the frog—often misquoted about the worm Fly rod and reel with a wild brown trout from a chalk stream. ... // Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ... Click here for Computer worm For other uses, see Worm (disambiguation). ... Families Superfamily: Tridactyloidea Cylindrachaetidae Ripipterygidae Tridactylidae Superfamily: Tetrigoidea Tetrigidae Superfamily: Eumastacoidea Chorotypidae Episactidae Eumastacidae Euschmidtiidae Mastacideidae Morabidae Proscopiidae Thericleidae Superfamily: Pneumoroidea Pneumoridae Superfamily: Pyrgomorphoidea Pyrgomorphidae Superfamily: Acridoidea Acrididae Catantopidae Charilaidae Dericorythidae Lathiceridae Lentulidae Lithidiidae Ommexechidae Pamphagidae Pyrgacrididae Romaleidae Tristiridae Superfamily: Tanaoceroidea Tanaoceridae Superfamily: Trigonopterygoidea Trigonopterygidae Xyronotidae Grasshoppers are herbivorous insects... Distribution of frogs (in black) Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia - List of Anuran families The frogness babe is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning tail-less from Greek an-, without + oura, tail), formerly referred to as Salientia (Latin saltare, to jump). ...

"use him as though you loved him, that is, harm him as little as you may possibly, that he may live the longer"

appears in the original edition. The additions made as the work grew were not merely to the technical part; happy quotations, new turns of phrase, songs, poems and anecdotes were introduced as if the leisurely author, who wrote it as a recreation, had kept it constantly in his mind and talked it over point by point with his numerous brethren. There were originally only two interlocutors in the opening scene, "Piscator" and "Viator"; but in the second edition, as if in answer to an objection that "Piscator" had it too much in his own way in praise of angling, he introduced the falconer, "Auceps," changed "Viator" into "Venator" and made the new companions each dilate on the joys of his favourite sport.

Although The Compleat Angler was not Walton's first literary work, his leisurely labours as a biographer seem to have grown out of his devotion to angling. It was probably as an angler that he made the acquaintance of Sir Henry Wotton, but it is clear that Walton had more than a love of fishing and a humorous temper to recommend him to the friendship of the accomplished ambassador. At any rate, Wotton, who had intended to write the life of John Donne, and had already corresponded with Walton on the subject, left the task to him. Walton had already contributed an Elegy to the 1633 edition of Donne’s poems, and he completed and published the life, much to the satisfaction of the most learned critics, in 1640. Sir Henry Wotton dying in 1639, Walton undertook his life also; it was finished in 1642 and published in 1651. His life of Hooker was published in 1662, that of George Herbert in 1670 and that of Bishop Sanderson in 1678. All these subjects were endeared to the biographer by a certain gentleness of disposition and cheerful piety; three of them at least—Donne, Wotton and Herbert—were anglers. Their lives were evidently written. with loving pains, in the same leisurely fashion as his Angler, and like it are of value less as exact knowledge than as harmonious and complete pictures of character. Walton also rendered affectionate service to the memory of his friends Sir John Skeffington and John Chalkhill, editing with prefatory notices Skeffington's Hero of Lorenzo in 1652 and Chalkhill's Thealma and Clearchus a few months before his own death in 1683. His poems and prose fragments were collected in 1878 under the title of Waltoniana. Sir Henry Wotton (1568 - December, 1639) was an English author and diplomat. ... Elegy was originally used for a type of poetic metre (Elegiac metre), but is also used for a poem of mourning, from the Greek elegos, a reflection on the death of someone or on a sorrow generally. ... Events February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ... Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... // Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ... Events February 1 - The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. ... 1670 was a common year beginning on a Saturday in countries using the Julian calendar and a Wednesday in countries using the Gregorian calendar. ... Events August 10 - Treaty of Nijmegen ends the Dutch War. ... John Chalkhill (fl. ... // Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The best-known old edition of the Angler is J Major's (2nd ed., 1824). The book was edited by Andrew Lang in 1896, and various modern editions have appeared. The standard biography is that by Sir Harris Nicolas, prefixed to an edition of the Angler (1836). There are notices also, with additional scraps of fact, annexed to two American editions, Bethune's (1847) and Dowling's (1857). An edition of Walton's Lives, by G Sampson, appeared in 1903. See also Izaak Walton and his Friends, by S Martin (1903). Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

The Izaak Walton Hotel stands, appropriately, on the Staffordshire bank of the River Dove, at the southern end of Dovedale. Dove is the name of three rivers in England: River Dove, Derbyshire River Dove, Suffolk River Dove, North Yorkshire See also: Waterways in the United Kingdom This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The River Dove, Derbyshire is the principal river of the south-western Peak District, in the English Midlands. ...

At least two organizations have been inspired by and named after Izaak Walton. Inspired by The Compleat Angler, advertising mogul and land developer Barron Collier founded the Izaak Walton Fishing Club in 1908 at his Useppa Island resort near Fort Myers, Florida. It was considered one of the most exclusive sporting clubs in the world. The Izaak Walton League is an American association of sportsmen that was formed in 1922 in Chicago, Illinois to preserve fishing streams. Barron Gift Collier (23 March 1873 — 13 March 1939) was an American advertising entrepreneur, who became the largest landowner and developer in the U.S. state of Florida, as well as, the owner of a chain of hotels, bus lines, several banks, and newspapers. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Useppa Island is a barrier island located in Lee County, Florida. ... Fort Myers is the county seatGR6 and commercial center of Lee County, Florida. ... The Izaak Walton League is an American environmental organization founded in 1922 that promotes natural resource protection and outdoor recreation. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ...

Walton in literature

Walton has surfaced in recent American literature with his prominence in the best selling book by David James Duncan, The River Why (1983). In this semi-autobiographical novel, The Compleat Angler serves as the most revered book in the irreverent flyfisherman Gus Orviston's childhood home, his parents quoting and misquoting the treatise to obsessively argue their respective sides of the artificial fly lure versus natural bait controversy. Walton is also the protagonist of Howard Waldrop's story God's Hooks!. American literature refers to written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and Colonial America. ... David James Duncan is an American novelist, essayist, and fly-fisherman. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Blue Winged Olive, a classic dry fly for trout. ... Howard Waldrop (born September 15, 1946) in Houston, Mississippi, and got his degree from the University of Texas. ...

Walton is also mentioned in Jules Verne's classic The Mysterious Island when the castaways decide to use snares to catch birds: "He took Herbert to some distance from the nests, and there prepared his singular apparatus with all the care which a disciple of Izaak Walton would have used." Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828–March 24, 1905) was a French author who pioneered the science-fiction genre. ... Map of Lincoln Island Cyrus Smith blessing Captain Nemo on his death bed in The Mysterious Island The Mysterious Island (original title: LÎle mystérieuse) is a French novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. ...

Charles Dickens uses the name Izaak Walton in A Tale of Two Cities to develop an extended metaphor comparing Jerry Cruncher's night-time "occupation" of grave robbing to fishing. Dickens redirects here. ... A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens. ...

Washington Irving's humorous essay "The Angler" comments on Walton's popularity. The work is in "The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon" available via Guttenberg Project. Washington Irving (April 3, 1783–November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. ...

Walton also appears as "Piscator" in the novel "Silverlock" by John Myers Myers.

See also

• Timeline of environmental events

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References

• The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, published by Signet Classics 2004 pg. 42

Map of Lincoln Island Cyrus Smith blessing Captain Nemo on his death bed in The Mysterious Island The Mysterious Island (original title: LÎle mystérieuse) is a French novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. ... Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828–March 24, 1905) was a French author who pioneered the science-fiction genre. ...

External links

• The Izaak Walton Suite at The Ussepa Island Club
• Works by Izaak Walton at Project Gutenberg
• The Compleat Angler Hotel Marlow, Buckinghamshire

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