Daniel Defoe (/dɪˈfoʊ/; born Daniel Foe; c. 1660 – 24 April 1731) was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous...

including John Bunyan (died 1688), author of The Pilgrim's Progress; Daniel Defoe (died 1731), author of Robinson Crusoe; William Blake (died 1827), artist...

Robinson Crusoe (/ˈkruːsoʊ/ KROO-soh) is an English adventure novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. Written with a combination of Epistolary...

is a work of journalism and science reporting by the English author Daniel Defoe. It has been called the first substantial work of modern journalism,...

writer-publishers. Some scholars have suggested that the author was actually Daniel Defoe, but this is disputed. A prime source for the biographies of many well...

Moll Flanders is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1722. It purports to be the true account of the life of the eponymous Moll, detailing her...

Defoe may refer to: Defoe (surname), most notably English author Daniel Defoe Defoe, Webster County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Defoe...

offender with stones, bricks and other dangerous objects. However, when Daniel Defoe was sentenced to the pillory in 1703 for seditious libel, he was regarded...

Robert Moore (1890–1973) was an American biographer and bibliographer of Daniel Defoe. John Robert Moore was born in Pueblo, Colorado, the son of an Episcopalian...

In 1665, commonly called A Journal of the Plague Year, is a book by Daniel Defoe, first published in March 1722. It is an account of one man's experiences...

Notable people with the surname include: Annette DeFoe (1890–1960), American silent film actress Daniel Defoe (c. 1660–1731), English trader, writer, and journalist...

Brosnan in the title role, based on Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. The film opens to a fictionalized Daniel Defoe being offered to read a castaway's...

Thomas Harrison. There is no evidence for the persistent attribution to Daniel Defoe or John Somers as authors. The most cited section of the revised (1710)...

An autobiographical "Narrative", thought to have been ghostwritten by Daniel Defoe, was sold at his execution, quickly followed by popular plays. The character...

Friday is one of the main characters of Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe and its sequel The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Robinson Crusoe...

in the upper class. Writers who used Mrs for unmarried women include Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, and Samuel Johnson. The split into...

science fiction retelling of the classic 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and filmed in Technicolor...

Puritan minister Increase Mather dismissed the word as bereft of power. Daniel Defoe also wrote dismissively about Londoners who posted the word on their...

Alexander Selkirk, whose plight is generally believed to have inspired Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe. Rogers came from an experienced seafaring family...

declared that the storm was God's vengeance for the sins of the nation. Daniel Defoe thought it was a divine punishment for poor performance against Catholic...

membership required.) "The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Pyrates, by Daniel Defoe". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 20 October 2022. "Charges of Piracy Against...

consumption of gin increased rapidly in Great Britain, especially in London. Daniel Defoe commented: "the Distillers have found out a way to hit the palate of...

becoming one of the sources of inspiration for the English writer Daniel Defoe's fictional character Robinson Crusoe. Alexander Selkirk was the son of...

physicist (b. 1561) 1692 – Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (b. 1633) 1731 – Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660) 1748 – Anton thor Helle...

a prostitute who began to teach Wild criminal ways and, according to Daniel Defoe, "brought him into her own gang, whether of thieves or whores, or of...

sources cite 1749. A biographer of Daniel Defoe has suggested that the derivation from "Old Grog" is wrong because Defoe used the term in 1718, but this...

Morgan Freeman, loosely based on the 1722 novel of the same name by Daniel Defoe. The film, which vastly differs from the original novel, was written...

hand. The genre takes its name from the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The success of this novel spawned so many imitations that its name was...

Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave (1688) Anonymous, Vertue Rewarded (1693) Daniel Defoe, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (a.k.a...

reference to Stilton cheese points to a similar production technique. Daniel Defoe in his 1724 work A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain notes:...