Daniel Defoe

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Milestones

Probably around Autumn 1660

DD , novelist, pamphleteer, Dissenter, and journalist, was born in the parish of St Giles, Cripplegate, London.
J. A. Downie has made a case for a much earlier birthdate, around 1644.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Downie, James Alan. “Defoe’s Birth”. The Scriblerian, Vol.
xlv
, No. 2, 1 Mar.–31 May 2013, pp. 225-30.

24 April 1731

DD , novelist, pamphleteer, Dissenter, and journalist, died in Ropemaker's Alley, London.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Biography

Birth and Career

Probably around Autumn 1660

DD , novelist, pamphleteer, Dissenter, and journalist, was born in the parish of St Giles, Cripplegate, London.
J. A. Downie has made a case for a much earlier birthdate, around 1644.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Downie, James Alan. “Defoe’s Birth”. The Scriblerian, Vol.
xlv
, No. 2, 1 Mar.–31 May 2013, pp. 225-30.