Description: (British Writer Best Known as the Author of 'The Compleat Angler')
Izaak Walton, renowned for his work "The Compleat Angler," was an English writer who worked as a linen draper in London. He befriended poet John Donne and settled in Staffordshire after the Royalist defeat at Marston Moor. Walton published biographies of notable individuals such as Donne and Henry Wotton, which were later compiled as "Walton's Lives." His writings have been esteemed by literary figures such as Charles Lamb, and his legacy is commemorated through establishments in multiple countries.