Daniel Defoe war ein englischer Schriftsteller in der Frühzeit der Aufklärung, der durch seinen Roman Robinson Crusoe weltberühmt wurde. Defoe gilt damit als einer der Begründer des englischen Romans.
Daniel Defoe was an English writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts, was often in trouble with the authorities, and spent a period in prison. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to his fresh ideas and sometimes consulted him.
Daniel Defoe oli englantilainen kirjailija, journalisti ja kansankiihottaja, joka muistetaan parhaiten vuonna 1719 julkaistusta romaanistaan Robinson Crusoe. Defoeta on pidetty eräänä varhaisimmista englanninkielisistä romaanikirjailijoista.
Daniel Defoe, de son vrai nom « Daniel Foe » ou « Daniel de Foë », est un aventurier, commerçant, agent politique et écrivain anglais, né vers 1660 à Londres et mort le 24 avril 1731 dans la Cité de Londres. Il est notamment connu pour être l’auteur de Robinson Crusoé et de Heurs et malheurs de la fameuse Moll Flanders. Il serait également celui se cachant derrière le nom du capitaine Charles Johnson, mystérieux auteur de l'ouvrage Histoire générale des plus fameux pirates publié en 1724, mais cette hypothèse est contestée.
Daniel Francis Galouye was an American science fiction writer. During the 1950s and 1960s, he contributed novelettes and short stories to various digest size science fiction magazines, sometimes writing under the pseudonym Louis G. Daniels.
Daniel Naborowski herbu Nabram – polski poeta barokowy, dyplomata i tłumacz, sędzia grodzki wileński w latach 1637–1640, cześnik wileński w latach 1635–1640, marszałek dworu Bogusława Radziwiłła, wyznawca kalwinizmu.
Daniel Webster was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the 14th and 19th U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. Webster was one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over 200 cases before the United States Supreme Court in his career. During his life, Webster had been a member of the Federalist Party, the National Republican Party, and the Whig Party. He was among the three members of the Great Triumvirate along with Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun.
Danske Dandridge was a Danish-born American poet, historian, and garden writer. Along with her contemporaries, Waitman T. Barbe and Thomas Dunn English, Dandridge was considered a major poet of late 19th-century West Virginia.
