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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Early works to 1800, Politics and government, Fiction, Castaways, Shipwreck survival, History, Robinson Crusoe (Fictitious character), Juvenile fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Shipwrecks, Islands, Crusoe, robinson (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Commerce, Plague, Description and travel, Religious Dissenters, Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714, Pamphlets, Foreign relations, Great Britain, Children's fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Church of EnglandPlaces
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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), Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721), John Trenchard (1662-1723), Robert Harley Oxford Earl of (1661-1724), Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761), House of Hanover, John Tutchin (1661?-1707), Matthew Tindal (1653?-1733), Robert Harley Earl of Oxford (1661-1724), Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (1676-1745), Anne Queen of Great Britain (1665-1714), Christian Cavenaugh Davies Mrs. (1667-1739), Francis Atterbury (1662-1732), James Butler Ormonde Duke of (1665-1745), John Howe (1630-1705), John Toland (1670-1722), 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, William and Mary, 1689-1702, 1603-1714, 1648-1715, 1665, 19th century, Civil War, 1642-1649, 1660-1714, 1688-1815, 1727-1760, Charles II, 1660-1685, 1689-1714, 1701-1800, Charles XII, 1697-1718, London, 1665, 1702-1713, 1706, 1727ID 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
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