Daniel Defoe. 1  Born Daniel Foe, 1660, in London. 2  Trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. 3  Wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets, journals. 4  Robinson Crusoe published in 1719. 5  Other novels include Moll Flanders (1721) and Journal of the Plague Year (1722) 6  Died in 1731.
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