Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe was an English writer of the Augustan Age. His most famous work is the novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719. It is one of the earliest novels in English at a time marked by the development of prose and the novel as a form of literature.

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• Lifetime: c. 1660 • 24 April 1731
• Main genre: Adventure novels
• Mid-2026 popularity rank: --

"It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions."