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Daniel Defoe

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

Born 1661?
Died 24 April 1731

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English trader, writer, and journalist

Born 1661?
Died 24 April 1731

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Fiction, Politics and government, Early works to 1800, Castaways, Shipwreck survival, Robinson Crusoe (Fictitious character), History, Juvenile fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Shipwrecks, Islands, Crusoe, robinson (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Commerce, Plague, Religious Dissenters, Description and travel, Great Britain, Pamphlets, Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714, Children's fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Foreign relations, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Church of England

Places

Great Britain, England, London, France, Europe, Atlantic Ocean, Scotland, Spain, London (England), Ying guo, 1665 London, Madagascar, Sweden, Ireland, Massachusetts, Netherlands, North Carolina, South Carolina, Women, America, Araby, Araby bazaar, Carolina, Florida, Foreign countries

People

Daniel Defoe (1661?-1731), Henry Sacheverell (1674?-1724), Duncan Campbell (1680?-1730), John Churchill Marlborough Duke of (1650-1722), William III King of England (1650-1702), 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), House of Hanover, John Tutchin (1661?-1707), Matthew Tindal (1653?-1733), Robert Harley Earl of Oxford (1661-1724), Anne Queen of Great Britain (1665-1714), Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761), Christian Cavenaugh Davies Mrs. (1667-1739), Francis Atterbury (1662-1732), James Butler Ormonde Duke of (1665-1745), John Toland (1670-1722), Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Robert Harley Oxford 1st earl of (1661-1724), Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (1676-1745), Benjamin Calamy (1642-1686)

Time

1702-1714, 18th century, 1689-1702, 1714-1727, 17th century, Union, 1707, Anne, 1702-1714, Jin dai, 1603-1714, 1648-1715, 1665, 19th century, Civil War, 1642-1649, 1660-1714, 1727-1760, William and Mary, 1689-1702, 1688-1815, Charles II, 1660-1685, 1689-1714, 1701-1800, Charles XII, 1697-1718, London, 1665, 1702-1713, 1706, 1727

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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

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January 27, 2025 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
June 28, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Edited without comment.
June 27, 2023 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
November 16, 2022 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import