Charles Cotton (poet)
Charles Cotton (born April 28, 1630 in Alstonefield , Staffordshire , † February 16, 1687 ) was an English poet, translator and fisherman .
Among other things, he wrote burlesques on Lucius on Virgil and translated works into English, the best known being his transcriptions of the essays by Michel de Montaigne .
He was an avid angler and wrote instructions for this, and is still considered the "father of fly fishermen " to this day . Around 1655 he made friends with the "father of the fishermen" Izaak Walton .
Work edition
- The poetry of Charles Cotton, edited by Paul Hartle, Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2017-, ISBN 978-0-19-812350-7
Web links
- Literature by and about Charles Cotton in the catalog of the German National Library
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| SURNAME | Cotton, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English author, poet and translator, avid angler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1630 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alstonefield, Staffordshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1687 |