Who was Daniel Defoe?
Novelist.
Date and Place of Birth:
1660, London, England.
Family Background:
Son of a tallow Chandler and Butcher of Flemish
descent, James Foe.
Education:
Academy at Newington Green under the Reverend
Charles Morton.
Chronology/Biography of Daniel Defoe:
Defoe Plaque, Gateshead
(© A Blagg)
Written Works:
- 1697:
"Essays upon Projects".
- 1701:"A
True Born Englishman".
- 1702:"The
Shortest Way with Dissenters".
- 1703:"A
Hymn to the Pillory".
- 1706:"The
Apparition of Mrs Veal". "Jure Divino".
- 1709:
"The History of the Union of Great Britain".
- 1715:"The
Family Instructor".
- 1719:"Robinson
Crusoe". "Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe".
- 1720:
"Adventures of Captain Singleton". "Memoirs
of a Cavalier".
- 1722:"The
History of Colonel Jack". "Journal of the Plague Year".
"Moll Flanders".
- 1724:"The
Fortunate Mistress or a History of the Life of the Lady Roxana".
"A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain".
- 1727:
"The History and Reality of Apparitions". "A System
of Magic".
- 1728:
"Captain Carleton".
Marriage:
1st January 1684 to Mary Tuffley.
Places of Interest:
LONDON:
Bunhill Fields.
GATESHEAD:
Tyne Bridge area.
Tyne Bridge seen from the Sage, Gateshead.
Much altered River scene since Defoe's day.
(© A Blagg)
Date and Place of Death:
24th April 1731, London, England.
Age at Death:
71.
Site of Grave:
Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, City Road,
Finsbury, London, England.
