Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe was born on Sep 13, 1660 in UK]. Daniel Defoe's big-screen debut came with Robinson Crusoe directed by Georges Méliès in 1902. Daniel Defoe is known for Dobrodruzství Robinsona Crusoe, námorníka z Yorku directed by Stanislav Látal, Václav Postránecký stars as Robinson Crusoe and Jirí Bruder as . The upcoming new movie Daniel Defoe plays is The Wild Life which will be released on Sep 09, 2016.

Born the eldest son and third child of James and Mary Defoe, Defoe received a very good education, as his father intended him to become a Presbyterian minister, but he chose to become a merchant instead. In 1684 he joined the army of the rebel Duke of Monmouth, but when the rebellion failed, Defoe was forced into semi-exile. He went bankrupt in 1692, and began writing professionally. He wrote a satirical pamphlet in 1703 called "The Shortest Way with the Dissenters", for which he was pilloried. After a stint in Newgate prison and more troubles with his bankruptcy, Defoe wrote "Robinson Crusoe" and "Moll Flanders", both of which were great successes. Labeled a social historian for his interest in colonization, economics, and exploration, Defoe died of a lethargy in Cripplegate on 24 April 1731.