He was born in 1600.

Robinson Crusoe is his masterpiece.

He was imprisoned.

He was a spy.

He only worked for Tories' party.

Robinson Crusoe is his only novel.

"Moll Flanders" is an essay written by Defoe.

He is a pamphleteer and a journalist.

James Foe is Daniel Defoe's father.

Defoe's father was a hard-working and fairly prosperous tallow chandler of Flemish descent.

Defoe studied in the University of Oxford.

Defoe was once a merchant.

Defoe married Mary Tuffley.

Defoe's first political pamphlet appeared in 1684.

"The True-Born Englishman" is a poem that allies on the "foreign" king.

Defoe was lauded for his courageous gesture of presenting to the speaker his famous document "Legion's Memorial".

Many of Defoe's works supported King William III.

Defoe published "Robinson Crusoe" at the age of 49.

Defoe died on April 24, 1731.