Daniel Defoe, born Daniel Foe, was an English writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularise the form in Britain, and is even referred to by some as among the founders of the English novel. A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics (including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural). He was also a pioneer of economic journalism. (Source)
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English trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731)
| Born | 1661? |
| Died | 24 April 1731 |
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Daniel Defoe
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English trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731)
| Born | 1661? |
| Died | 24 April 1731 |
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Politics and government, Early works to 1800, Fiction, History, Shipwreck survival, Castaways, Juvenile fiction, Robinson Crusoe (Fictitious character), Shipwrecks, Islands, Commerce, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Religious Dissenters, Plague, Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714, Pamphlets, Description and travel, Crusoe, robinson (fictitious character), fiction, Foreign relations, Great Britain, Church of England, Fiction, action & adventure, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Dissenters, ApparitionsPlaces
Great Britain, England, London, France, Scotland, Europe, Atlantic Ocean, Spain, London (England), 1665 London, Ying guo, Madagascar, Sweden, Netherlands, North Carolina, South Carolina, Carolina, Ireland, Massachusetts, America, Araby, Araby bazaar, Florida, Foreign countries, Fountain of YouthPeople
Daniel Defoe (1661?-1731), Henry Sacheverell (1674?-1724), John Churchill Marlborough Duke of (1650-1722), William III King of England (1650-1702), Duncan Campbell (1680?-1730), James Prince of Wales (1688-1766), Andrew Snape (1675-1742), Benjamin Hoadly Bishop of Winchester (1676-1761), John Trenchard (1662-1723), John Tutchin (1661?-1707), Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721), Robert Harley Earl of Oxford (1661-1724), Robert Harley Oxford Earl of (1661-1724), Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761), Christian Cavenaugh Davies Mrs. (1667-1739), Francis Atterbury (1662-1732), House of Hanover, James Butler Ormonde Duke of (1665-1745), John Howe (1630-1705), John Toland (1670-1722), Matthew Tindal (1653?-1733), Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (1676-1745), Anne Queen of Great Britain (1665-1714), Christian Davies (1667-1739), James Drake (1667-1707)Time
1702-1714, 18th century, 1689-1702, 1714-1727, Union, 1707, Anne, 1702-1714, 17th century, 1603-1714, 1660-1714, 1688-1815, 19th century, 1648-1715, Civil War, 1642-1649, 1665, 1727-1760, Jin dai, William and Mary, 1689-1702, 1689-1714, 1701-1800, Charles XII, 1697-1718, George I, 1714-1727, London, 1665, 1689-1745, 1690-1702, 1702-1713ID Numbers
- OLID: OL18283A
- ISNI: 0000000123478267
- VIAF: 39375774
- Wikidata: Q40946
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q40946
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Alternative names
- Charles Johnson
- Di, Fu
- (ying) Di, fu
- Foe De
- Daniel Daniel Defoe
- Daniel DeFoe
- DANIEL DEFOE
- Defoe Daniel
- Daniel "Defoe "
- Daniel DEFOE
- (ying) Di, fu (Defoe, Daniel
- Daniel Defoë
- Daniel (1661?-1731) Defoe
- Д. Дефо
- Даниель Дефо
- daniel defoe
- Daniel Dafoe
- Daniel Defoe; Introduction by Louis Kronenberger
- Daniel] (attr.) [Defoe
- Daniel Defore
- Defor, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
- Danial Defoe
- Dniel Defoe
- Daniel Daniel Defoe's
- Defoe
- D. Defoe
- D Defoe
- Defoe Daniël
- Defoe, Daniel; Wyss, Johann
- Defoe, Daniel
- Daniel. Illustrated By N. C. Wyeth Defoe
- Daniel. Defoe
- Daniel; Introduction by G.A. Aitken Defoe
- Daniel; Defoe
- Daniel Defoe/George A. Aitkin, Ed./J.B. Yeats, Illus
- Danie l Defoe
- Crusoe, Robinson (pseud.) [Defoe, Daniel]
- Daniel Defoe, Lora B. Peck, Frank Godwin
- Daniel Defou
- daniel defore
- Defoe, Daniel, Trumbull, Robert and Rodman, Stanley
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