(including politics erime supernatural). He was alsoDaniel Defoe(c. 1659 - 24 April 1731) born Daniel Foe was an English writer journalist and pamphleteer who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel as he helped to popularise the form in Britain and is even referred to by some as among the founders of the English novel. A prolific and versatile vvriter he vvrote more than 500 books pam-phlets and journals on various topics religion marriage psychology and the a pioneer of economic joumalism.