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Bible Encyclopedias
Walton, Izaak
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
or The angler, born in Stafford; settled as a linen-draper, first in Fleet Street and then in Chancery Lane, London; married a lady, a grand-niece of Cranmer, and on her death a sister of Bishop Ken, by whom he had several children; he associated with some of the best clergymen of the Church of England, among the number Dr. Donne, and was much beloved by them; on the death of his second wife he went to Winchester and stayed with his friend Dr. Morley, the bishop; his principal work was the "Complete Angler; or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation," which was extended by his friend Charles Cotton, and is a classic to this day; he wrote in addition Lives of Hooker, Dr. Donne, Bishop Sanderson, Sir Henry Wotton, and George Herbert, all done, like the "Angler," in a uniquely charming, simple style (1593-1683).
Public Domain.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Walton, Izaak'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/w/walton-izaak.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
