WRITER

Izaak Walton

1593 - 1683

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Izaak Walton (baptised 21 September 1593 – 15 December 1683) was an English writer. Best known as the author of The Compleat Angler, he also wrote a number of short biographies including one of his friend John Donne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Izaak Walton has received more than 482,699 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Izaak Walton is the 6,041st most popular writer (down from 5,133rd in 2019), the 4,915th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,044th in 2019) and the 549th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Izaak Walton ranks 6,041 out of 7,302. Before him are Sandro Veronesi, Fredy Perlman, René Benjamin, Danièle Sallenave, Ravindra Kelekar, and Kenneth Rexroth. After him are Buchi Emecheta, Crane Wilbur, Armistead Maupin, Su Tong, Euphrase Kezilahabi, and Tony Kushner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1593, Izaak Walton ranks 18. Before him are George Herbert, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Sultan Agung of Mataram, Jean de Brébeuf, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg.  Among people deceased in 1683, Izaak Walton ranks 17. Before him are John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Juraj Križanić, John Owen, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, Algernon Sidney, and Robert Morison.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Izaak Walton ranks 4,915 out of 8,785. Before him are Stan Vickers (1932), John Stanley (1712), Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869), Thomas C. Jerdon (1811), Jill Dando (1961), and Alan Hodgkinson (1936). After him are Charlotte Lewis (1967), Jamie Bamber (1973), Zayn Malik (1993), Harry Melling (1989), Andy Rourke (1964), and Maisie Williams (1997).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Izaak Walton ranks 549. Before him are Lucy Hawking (1969), David Storey (1933), Sarah Waters (1966), Philippa Pearce (1920), Sarah Trimmer (1741), and Anne Fine (1947). After him are Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884), Iolo Morganwg (1747), Malcolm Gladwell (1963), John Braine (1922), Denise Levertov (1923), and Thomas Traherne (1636).

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