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Early Life

Daniel Defoe was born on the 3^rd of September, in 1660 in the city of London, England. He was a bright son of James Foe, a butcher by profession, and his mother, Annie, was a housewife.

In his early years, he witnessed some of the unfortunate occurrences of history: The Great Plague of London and The Great Fire of London, which left only a handful of houses in his area.

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These events shaped his personality insignificantly. Daniel’s mother passed away when he was ten years old.

Education

Since his father was a Presbyterian dissenter, he could not afford to send his son to the public educational institutions of England.

Daniel started his educational journey from the Rev. James Fisher’s boarding school, located in Dorking, Surrey. Aged fourteen, he was sent to Charles Morton’s dissenting academy, where he studied humanities and science. There, he also prepared himself to become a Presbyterian minister.

Thus, he received less formal education with no intent