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Daniel Defoe (?1660-1731), son of a London butcher, was a prolific writer and controversial political campaigner. At first he went into commerce, and travelled widely in Europe; but his business failed in 1692 and he turned to political pamphleteering. Briefly gaoled for seditious libel, he was released in 1703 and subsequently worked for the Government as an intelligence gatherer, and then as an editor of various digests of current affairs. He also wrote two novels of lasting popularity, ‘The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe’ (1719) and ‘Moll Flanders’ (1722), as well as a travelogue, ‘Tour of the Whole Island of Great Britain’ (1724-1727).
