Life: 1811 - 1877
Birthday: 1811
Death: 1877
Anglers may be divided into almost as many genera and species as the fish they catch, and engage in the sport from as many impulses.
source: Thaddeus Norris (1864). “The American Angler's Book: Embracing the Natural History of Sporting Fish, and the Art of Taking Them. With Instructions in Fly-fishing, Fly-making, and Rod-making; and Directions for Fish-breeding. To which is Appended, Dies Piscatoriæ: Describing Noted Fishing-places, and the Pleasure of Solitary Fly-fishing”, p.29