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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 446,017 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Izaak Walton is the 5,151st most popular writer (down from 4,533rd in 2019), the 4,052nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,503rd in 2019) and the 454th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Izaak Walton ranks 5,151 out of 5,755Before him are Arvid August Afzelius, Patrick Chamoiseau, Gay Talese, Tim Powers, Agnes von Krusenstjerna, and Fang Fang. After him are Frederick Rolfe, Can Dündar, Henry van Dyke Jr., Christopher Paolini, Kazimierz Brandys, and Alison Lurie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1593, Izaak Walton ranks 16Before him are Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Anthony van Diemen, George Herbert, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Jean de Brébeuf, and Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford.  Among people deceased in 1683, Izaak Walton ranks 16Before him are Jacob Stainer, Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, Juraj Križanić, John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, John Owen, and Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. After him are Robert Morison and Algernon Sidney.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Izaak Walton ranks 4,052 out of 7,765Before him are Billy Hughes (1862), Hereward the Wake (1035), Jack Straw (1946), Ian McElhinney (1948), Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), and James D'Arcy (1975). After him are Celia Johnson (1908), Nicholas Hooper (1952), Granville Bantock (1868), Charles Blagden (1748), Brian Henton (1946), and Alec B. Francis (1867).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Izaak Walton ranks 454Before him are Richard Llewellyn (1906), Richard K. Morgan (1965), Susan Blackmore (1951), Jeanette Winterson (1959), Michael Frayn (1933), and Alan Woods (1944). After him are Frederick Rolfe (1860), Bruno Heller (1960), Roger Ascham (1515), Gilbert Adair (1944), Charles Allston Collins (1828), and John Clare (1793).