|
1593 Izaak Walton was born in Staffordshire, England. The register of his baptism gives his father`s name as Jervis, but nothing more is known of his parentage. 1626 He married his first wife Rachel Floud, in December. 1640 Rachel (Floud) Walton died Approx 1640 He married again soon after, his second wife being Anne Ken 1640 Biography of John Donne 1651 Biography of Sir Henry Wotton 1653 the first edition of his famous book, The Compleat Angler, was published 1662 Anne (Ken) Walton died and was buried in Worcester Cathedral, where there is a monument to her memory. 1670 Biography of George Herbert 1683 Izaak Walton dies |