DANIEL DEFOE

1660 - 1731

London.

Daniel Foe was the son of a butcher who made candles from the fat of death animals.

They were 8 siblings.

His father was jailed because of his debts.

Daniel later added “de” to his surname, pretending to be an aristocratic member or something.

Daniel Defoe was a politic activist. This caused him many problems.

He later collaborated as intelligence agent for the government.

Robinson Crusoe was written in 1719. It’s about the shipwreck of a boat and the adventures of the survivor sailor man on a dessert island.

Defoe died in 1731, although we aren’t sure because he lived clandestinely because of not having paid his debts.