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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Early works to 1800, Politics and government, Fiction, Castaways, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), History, Shipwreck survival, Juvenile fiction, Robinson Crusoe (Fictitious character), Fiction, action & adventure, Shipwrecks, Crusoe, robinson (fictitious character), fiction, Islands, Commerce, Plague, Religious Dissenters, Description and travel, Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714, Pamphlets, Foreign relations, Great Britain, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Church of England, Children's fiction, Fiction, historical, generalPlaces
Great Britain, England, London, France, Europe, Scotland, Atlantic Ocean, Spain, London (England), Ying guo, 1665 London, Madagascar, Sweden, Ireland, Netherlands, North Carolina, South Carolina, Carolina, Massachusetts, Virginia, Women, America, Araby, Araby bazaar, FloridaPeople
Daniel Defoe (1661?-1731), John Churchill Marlborough Duke of (1650-1722), Henry Sacheverell (1674?-1724), Duncan Campbell (1680?-1730), Robert Harley Earl of Oxford (1661-1724), William III King of England (1650-1702), James Prince of Wales (1688-1766), Andrew Snape (1675-1742), Benjamin Hoadly Bishop of Winchester (1676-1761), John Trenchard (1662-1723), Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721), John Tutchin (1661?-1707), Robert Harley Oxford Earl of (1661-1724), Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761), 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 Cavenaugh Davies Mrs. (1667-1739), Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Mary II Queen of England (1662-1694)Time
1702-1714, 18th century, 1689-1702, 1714-1727, 17th century, Anne, 1702-1714, Union, 1707, Jin dai, 1660-1714, 1688-1815, 1648-1715, Civil War, 1642-1649, William and Mary, 1689-1702, 1603-1714, 1665, 1727-1760, 19th century, Charles II, 1660-1685, 1689-1714, 1701-1800, Charles XII, 1697-1718, George I, 1714-1727, London, 1665, 1702-1713, 1706ID Numbers
- OLID: OL18283A
- ISNI: 0000000123478267
- VIAF: 39375774
- Wikidata: Q40946
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q40946
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- 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
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