John Wilson

John Wilson

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
Birthday
Death2018-11-13
BiographyJohn Dennis Wilson (1943 – 13 November 2018) was a British angler who had been involved with angling television production for over twenty years featuring on Channel 4 Television and more recently on the digital TV channel, Discovery Real Time. Wilson was voted 'The Greatest Angler of all Time' in a 2004 poll by readers of the Angling Times Newspaper.

Wilson was born in Enfield, London, where he attended the Chace Boys School. He fished on several local waters including the River Lea and later fished further afield. He had careers in hairdressing, the Merchant Navy and printing before opening his own fishing tackle shop based in Norwich in 1971. Wilson lived at Great Witchingham, Norfolk, where he fished on his local River Wensum and owned his own lake complex before moving to Thailand in 2013. After living in Thailand for five years, Wilson announced his intention to move back to the UK.

He was appointed an MBE in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours.

Wilson died in Thailand on 13 November 2018 following a stroke two days previously. A service in memory of Wilson took place at Norwich Cathedral on 24 May 2019.

Biography from the Wikipedia article John Wilson (angler). Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Go Fishing
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Go Fishing

as Presenter

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