John Horrocks

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Horrocks
Memorial plaque to John Horrocks Historischer Friedhof Weimar.jpg

John Horrocks (born June 29, 1816 in Edinburgh , † June 13, 1881 in Weimar ; other information: June 14, 1881) was the founder and innovator of modern fly fishing in Europe.

Life

John Horrocks comes from a widespread family, the name is recorded in the church records of Lancashire as early as 1500. His grandfather was the wool manufacturer John Horrocks I (1768-1804). His parents were John Horrocks II (1794-1870) and Mary Scott-Macintosh (1793-1823). The twin brother of John Horrocks was the author Charles Horrocks, who also spent part of his life in Weimar. In 1842 John Horrocks moved to Weimar and acquired citizenship on December 6, 1843. He was married three times and widowed twice. The first woman was Caroline Hahn († 1847); the second was Isabella Zwierlein (1825-1853); and the third Maura Diehme. He had a total of five children, including the daughter Melanie (1845-1928), who was awarded the title Countess of Büdingen on February 19, 1888 by the Grand Duke of Hesse after she married Count Ferdinand zu Ysenburg-Philippseich (1832-1893) in 1868 would have.

In 1835 Horrocks fished for the first time with a fly rod in the Ilm and other German waters. Then he wrote the standard work The art of fly fishing for trout and grayling in Germany and Austria , and thus had the greatest influence on the spread of fly fishing as the "art of fishing" in Germany. In his book, which appeared for the first time in 1874, the English sport fisherman Horrocks describes the state and decline of the fishery at that time with regard to overfishing and the inadequacy of the prevailing fishing laws. He called for the abolition of medieval customs and outdated methods of fishing and demanded laws to protect the fish.

Horrocks was buried in the historical cemetery Weimar in Thuringia. The original Horrocks-Hahn grave site was closed in 1975 and used again. After 1992, a memorial plaque was attached to the south wall of the historic cemetery.

The traditional Thuringian fly fishing club is called "John Horrocks" Thüringen eV This also keeps the memory of the pioneer of fishing alive.

Web links

Commons : John Horrocks  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Roland Bärwinkel : How fly fishing came to Weimar in: "Books are just thick letters to friends" - festive gift for Michael Knoche ... In: Christa Jansohn u. a. (Ed.): Studies on English literature and the history of science . tape 29 . LIT, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-643-13616-9 .
  2. ^ Profile of Charles Horrocks. Accessed May 1, 2017 .
  3. ↑ The Ilm . flyfischer-forum.de, accessed May 12, 2017
  4. ↑ Horrocks, John: The art of fly fishing for trout and ash in Germany and Austria: With a title copper and 4 plates with images of the most selected artificial flies / By John Horrocks. January 1, 1874. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Hannelore Henze; Doris-Annette Schmidt: The historical cemetery in Weimar . 1st edition. Rhino Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-939399-08-7 , pp. 208 .
  6. ↑ How fly fishing came to the HAAB.
  7. ^ Traditional fly fishing club "John Horrocks" Thuringia eV
personal data
SURNAME Horrocks, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British angler and author and pioneer of fly fishing in Europe
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1881
Place of death Weimar