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Daniel Defoe was born in St Giles, Cripplegate, London, c. 1660, educated in Dorking, was a writer, journalist and merchant. Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works (books, pamphlets, and journals) — on diverse topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology, and the supernatural.
He was also a pioneer of business journalism and economic journalism.
He wrote many novels that include his famous Robinson Crusoe in 1719 and The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe also in 1719.
Serious reflections during the life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe: with his Vision of the Angelick World (1720)
Memoirs of a Cavalier (1720)
Captain Singleton (1720)
And perhaps the most famous was that of Moll Flanders in 1722
A Journal of the Plague Year (1722)
Colonel Jack (1722)
Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (1724)
Defoe is known to have used at least 198 pen names
Daniel Defoe died on 24 April 1731, probably while in hiding from his creditors. He often was in debtors' prison.
The cause of his death was labelled as lethargy, but he probably experienced a stroke. He was interred in Bunhill Fields (today Bunhill
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