English writer. He is known for his classic fishing compendium The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation (1653). He also wrote lives of the poets John Donne (1658) and George Herbert (1670), and the theologian Richard Hooker (1665).
The arms depict the Carpathian Mountains which traverse the Slovak Republic. The flag uses the pan-Slav colours representing liberation from foreign domination. Effective date: 3 September 1992.