Izaak Walton
Izaak Walton portrait of Walton by Jacob Huysmans Born unknown, c. 1594 Stafford, England Died 15 December 1683 Winchester, England Residence Shallowford, Staffordshire Known for Author of The Compleat Angler Spouse(s) Rachel Floud (married 1626–1640) Anne Ken (1641?–1662) Walton's house at '120 Chancery Lane' occupied 1627–1644 (from Old & New London, Walter Thornbury, 1872) Izaak Walton (c. 1594 – 15 December 1683) was an English writer. Best known as the author of The Compleat Angler, he also wrote a number of short biographies that have been collected under the title of Walton's Lives.