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1593 - Born on August 9th in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. English writer, author of The Compleat Angler.
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 John Donne, then vicar of that church.
1626 - His first wife, married in December, was Rachel Floud, a great-great-niece of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.
1653 - Came out the first edition of his famous book, The Compleat Angler.
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.
1683 - Died on December 15th in his daughter's house at Winchester, Hampshire, England.
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 John Donne, then vicar of that church.
1626 - His first wife, married in December, was Rachel Floud, a great-great-niece of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.
1653 - Came out the first edition of his famous book, The Compleat Angler.
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.
1683 - Died on December 15th in his daughter's house at Winchester, Hampshire, England.
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