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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![Cover of: Des Welt-berühmten Engelländers Robinson Crusoe Leben und ganz ungemeine Begebenheiten: insonderheit da er acht und zwanzig Jahre lang auf einer unbewohnten Insul bey dem Einfluss des grossen Strohms Oroonoko, auf der Americanischen Küste, gelebet hat : von ihm selbst in Englischer Sprache beschreiben, nunmehro aber um seiner Fürtrefflichseit willen ins Teutsche übersezt und mit artigen Kupfern gezieret : erster [-Anderer] Theil](http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/11859173-M.jpg "Cover of: Des Welt-berühmten Engelländers Robinson Crusoe Leben und ganz ungemeine Begebenheiten: insonderheit da er acht und zwanzig Jahre lang auf einer unbewohnten Insul bey dem Einfluss des grossen Strohms Oroonoko, auf der Americanischen Küste, gelebet hat : von ihm selbst in Englischer Sprache beschreiben, nunmehro aber um seiner Fürtrefflichseit willen ins Teutsche übersezt und mit artigen Kupfern gezieret : erster [-Anderer] Theil")
Daniel Defoe
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English trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731)
| Born | 1661? |
| Died | 24 April 1731 |
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Fiction, Politics and government, Early works to 1800, History, Robinson Crusoe (Fictitious character), British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Castaways, Pamphlets, Shipwreck survival, Crusoe, robinson (fictitious character), fiction, Islands, Fiction, action & adventure, Survival, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Shipwrecks, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Great Britain, Plague, Chang pian xiao shuo, Pirates, Description and travel, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Apparitions, CommercePlaces
Great Britain, England, Ying guo, London, Europe, London (England), Madagascar, Scotland, Spain, America, Araby, Araby bazaar, Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Foreign countries, Fountain of Youth, France, North Richmond Street, 1665 London, 18th century, City of London, Early works to 1900, Germany, Inglaterra, JeffersonPeople
Daniel Defoe (1661?-1731), Duncan Campbell (1680?-1730), Colonel Killigrew, Daniel Defoe (1660 or 1-1731), Dr. Heidegger, James Prince of Wales (1688-1766), John Trenchard (1662-1723), Jonathan Wild (1682?-1725), Mangan's sister, Mr. Gascoigne, Mr. Medbourne, Robinson Crusoe (Fictitious character), Sylvia Ward, Widow Wycherley, Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721), Alfred Doolittle, C. Auguste Dupin, C. Auguste Dupin (Fictitious character), Colonel Pickering, Colonel Sartoris, Daniel Defoe, Devil, Dickory Cronke, Eliza Doolittle, Emily GriersonTime
1702-1714, 18th century, Jin dai, 17th century, 1689-1702, 19th century, Anne, 1702-1714, 1660-1714, 1665, 1714-1727, 1727, Charles II, 1660-1685, Civil War, 1642-1649, London, 1665, 1600s, 1603-1714, 1648-1715, 1695, 1727-1760, 1912, Antebellum era, Early works to 1800, Fire, 1666, Jindai, Plague, 1665ID 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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