Francis Francis

Angling

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9781016467896
• ISBN-10: 1016467893
• Artikelnr.: 67016111

Autorenporträt

Francis Francis was born in Seaton, Devon in 1822 to Captain Morgan and Sarah Hartley, daughter of Henry Robinson Hartley, founder of the Hartley Institution. He changed his name after coming of age and inheriting property. Though trained as a civil engineer, he turned to writing and outdoor pursuits, particularly angling. In 1851 he married Mary Cole and soon dedicated his life to fishing and sporting literature. He became angling editor of The Field for over 25 years and frequently wrote about his experiences. He was deeply involved in fish culture advocacy, founding the Thames Rights Defence Association and proposing the National Fish-Culture Association. He helped introduce English trout to rivers in New Zealand and Tasmania. As naturalist director of the Brighton Aquarium, he studied fish behavior and led experiments in their culture. He served on a national commission on oyster farming from 1868 to 1870. After a stroke in 1883 and a recurrence of cancer, he died in 1886 at his home in Twickenham. He was buried there and honored with a memorial in Winchester Cathedral, inscribed with words from Izaak Walton's poetry.