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Defoe was born in London, England, in His father, James Foe, was a fairly prosperous chandler....

Daniel Defoe was an English writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer and spy.

(born May 29, , London, England—died June 14, , Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire) was an English critic and author of verse, essays.

Defoe was born in London, England, in His father, James Foe, was a fairly prosperous chandler.

Daniel Defoe was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy.

English novelist, pamphleteer and journalist Daniel Defoe is best known for his novels 'Robinson Crusoe' and 'Moll Flanders.'.

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Daniel Defoe changed his last name from Foe to Defoe because he felt it was a more aristocratic-sounding name. Daniel Defoe's first literary piece was published as a pamphlet in 1683.

Daniel Defoe's novels include Robinson Crusoe (1719), The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719), The King of Pirates (1719), Captain Singleton (1720), Memoirs of a Cavalier (1720), A Journal of the Plague Year (1722), Colonel Jack (1722), Moll Flanders (1722), and Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (1724).

Daniel Defoe's non-fiction journalism work includes The Storm (1704), The Consolidator (1705), Atlantis Major (1711), The Family Instructor (1715), Memoirs of the Church of Scotland (1717), The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard (1724), A Narrative of all the Robberies, Escapes, & c.

of John Sheppard (1724), The Pirate Gow (1725), and several more. His work The Storm is considered by many to be the first great p