DANIEL DEFOE

Marian Dimitrov 11z

BIOGRAPHY
 Daniel Foe (his original name) was
born on 13 September, London. Defoe
later added the aristocratic-sounding
"De" to his name, and on occasion
claimed descent from the family of De
Beau Faux.
 Defoe was born in the family of
Dissenters
 Daniel Defoe died on 24 April 1731
 EDUCATION

 Defoe graduated from an

academy at Newington Green ,
London, run by the Reverend
Charles Morton, and he is
believed to have attended
the Newington Green Unitarian
Church.
 BUSINESS CAREER
 Defoe entered the world of business as a general merchant, dealing at
different times in hosiery, general woollen goods and wine.
 He was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1692.
 On 1 January 1684, Defoe married Mary Tuffley, who was the daughter of a
London merchant.
 Queen Mary and her husband William III were jointly crowned in 1688, and
Defoe became one of William's close allies and a secret agent.
 In 1692, Defoe was arrested for debts of £700, though his total debts may
have amounted to £17,000.
 WRITINGS
 His first major publication was in 1698.

 His most successful poem -The True-Born Englishman (1701)

 NOVELS
 Robinson Crusoe (1719)

 Captain Singleton (1720)

 A Journal of the Plague Year (1722)

 Moll Flanders (1722)

 NON-FICTION

 An essay upon projects (1697)

 Atlantis Major (1711)

 The Political History of the Devil (1726)

 A Plan of the English Commerce (1728)