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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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  • Cover of: The case of the Protestant Dissenters in England, fairly stated: Humbly inscrib'd to all true lovers of religion, liberty, and their country

    First published in 1716 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: No queen, or, no general: an argument proving the necessity Her Majesty was in, as well for the safety of her person as of her authority, to displace the D--- of M----borough

    First published in 1712 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The justice and necessity of restraining the clergy in their preaching ...: To which is added, the Bishop of Salisbury's new preface to the third volume of his history of the Reformation ....

    First published in 1715 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The judgment of whole kingdoms and nations, concerning the rights, power, and prerogative of Kings, and the rights, privileges, and properties of the people: shewing the nature of government in general, both from God and Man: An account of the British Government and the rights ... of the People. [Generally attributed to either Daniel Defoe or Lord Somers]

    First published in 1710 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The shortest-way with the Dissenters: or, Proposals for the establishment of the Church: With its author's brief explication consider'd , his name expos'd, his practices detested, and his hellish designs set in a true light, that the party which stickles for him may rightly know him and that which is against him, continue to triumph over him

    First published in 1703 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A letter to Mr. Bisset, eldest brother of the Collegiate Church of St. Catherines: in answer to his remarks on Dr. Sacheverell's sermon

    First published in 1709 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Bywyd ac anturiaethau Robinson Crusoe (gwaith Daniel Defoe.)

    First published in 1928 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The secret history of the White-Staff: being an account of affairs under the conduct of some late ministers, and of what might probably have happened if Her Majesty had not died : Part II

    First published in 1714 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The defection farther consider'd: wherein the resigners, as some would have them stil'd, are really deserters.

    First published in 1718 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Some objections humbly offered to the consideration of the hon. House of Commons, relating to the present intended relief of prisoners

    First published in 1729 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Caledonia: a poem in honour of Scotland and the Scots nation : in three parts

    First published in 1707 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The works of Daniel Defoe

    First published in 1877 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The life, adventures, & piracies of the famous Captain Singleton

    First published in 1906 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The fortunate mistress: or, Roxana

    First published in 1930 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The life and most surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, mariner: who lived eight and twenty years in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque : with an account of his deliverance thence, and his after surprising adventures

    First published in 1773 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Original right: or, The reasonableness of appeals to the people : Being an answer to the first chapter in Dr. D' Avenant's essays, entitul'd, Peace at home, and

    First published in 1704 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner: who lived eight & twenty years all alone in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river of Oroonoque : having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all the men perished but himself : with an account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by pyrates

    First published in 1790 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A continuation of letters written by a Turkish spy at Paris: giving an impartial account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable transactions of Europe, and discovering several intrigues and secrets of the Christian courts, especially of that of France; continued from the year 1687, to the year 1693 : written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, and from thence into English

    First published in 1718 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Street-robberies, consider'd: the reason of their being so frequent.

    First published in 1973 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The history of the devil ... interspersed with many of the devil's adventures: to which is added a description of the devil's dwelling, called Hell

    First published in 1859 — 1 edition
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English trader, writer, and journalist

Born 1661?
Died 24 April 1731

Subjects

Politics and government, Fiction, 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, Children's fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Foreign relations, Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Church of England, Pamphlets

Places

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

People

Daniel Defoe (1661?-1731), Henry Sacheverell (1674?-1724), 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), Duncan Campbell (1680?-1730), John Trenchard (1662-1723), Robert Harley Oxford Earl of (1661-1724), Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721), House of Hanover, Matthew Tindal (1653?-1733), Robert Harley Earl of Oxford (1661-1724), Anne Queen of Great Britain (1665-1714), Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761), Francis Atterbury (1662-1732), James Butler Ormonde Duke of (1665-1745), John Toland (1670-1722), John Tutchin (1661?-1707), Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Robert Harley Oxford 1st earl of (1661-1724), Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (1676-1745), Christian Cavenaugh Davies Mrs. (1667-1739), Christian Davies (1667-1739)

Time

1702-1714, 18th century, 1689-1702, 1714-1727, 17th century, Anne, 1702-1714, Jin dai, Union, 1707, 1648-1715, 1665, Civil War, 1642-1649, 1603-1714, 1660-1714, 1727-1760, 19th century, 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
May 3, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternative names