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Born	1660 • London • England
Died	April 24, 1731 (aged 71) • London • England
Notable Works	“A Journal of the Plague Year” • “Colonel Jack” • “Hymn To The Pillory” • “Legion’s Memorial” • “Moll Flanders” • “Robinson Crusoe” • “Roxana” • “The Shortest-Way With the Dissenters” • “The True-Born Englishman” • “Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain”
Movement / Style	realism

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

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