The document provides biographical information about Daniel Defoe, an English novelist, journalist, and pamphleteer. Some key details include: - Defoe was born in 1660 in London, England and died in 1731, also in London. - He belonged to the Augustan Age period and wrote over 250 works during his career, including his most famous novels Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders. - As a writer, he had a keen sense of what the public wanted and worked to influence politics as a pamphleteer for the Tories.