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When did Daniel Defoe publish The Family Instructor?

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Daniel Defoe, engraving by M. Van der Gucht, after a portrait by J. Taverner, first half of the 18th century. — Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe, engraving by M. Van der Gucht, after a portrait by J. Taverner, first half of the 18th century.

Daniel Defoe published his popular didactic work, The Family Instructor, in 1715.1