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Daniel Defoe

(1660-1731), Novelist, journalist and author of 'Robinson Crusoe'

Sitter in 5 portraits
Daniel Defoe was a novelist, pamphleteer and journalist who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719). Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest practitioners of the novel who helped popularise the genre in Britain. A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote several hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. He was also an important pioneer of economic journalism.

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Daniel Defoe, by Michael Vandergucht, after Jeremiah Taverner - NPG 3960

Daniel Defoe

by Michael Vandergucht, after Jeremiah Taverner
line engraving, 1706
NPG 3960

Daniel Defoe, by Michael Vandergucht, after Jeremiah Taverner - NPG D14278

Daniel Defoe

by Michael Vandergucht, after Jeremiah Taverner
line engraving, published July 1703
NPG D14278

Daniel Defoe, by Michael Vandergucht, after Jeremiah Taverner - NPG D19020

Daniel Defoe

by Michael Vandergucht, after Jeremiah Taverner
line engraving, 1706
NPG D19020

Daniel Defoe, by John Carr (or James Charles) Armytage, after Eyre Crowe - NPG D2258

Daniel Defoe

by John Carr (or James Charles) Armytage, after Eyre Crowe
line engraving, (1862)
NPG D2258

Daniel Defoe, issued by Sarony & Co, after Unknown printer, after Jonathan Richardson - NPG D48926

Daniel Defoe

issued by Sarony & Co, after Unknown printer, after Jonathan Richardson
gravure cigarette card, 1924 (18th century)
NPG D48926

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