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- NAME: Daniel Defoe
- OCCUPATION: Journalist, Author
- BIRTH DATE: c. 1660
- DEATH DATE: April 24, 1731
- EDUCATION: Academy at Newington Green
- PLACE OF BIRTH: London, United Kingdom
- PLACE OF DEATH: London, United Kingdom
- Full Name: Daniel Defoe
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English novelist, pamphleteer and journalist Daniel Defoe is best known for his novels Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders.
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