Living during the agitations for the union of England and Scotland, he took part as a Jacobite in the war of pamphlets inaugurated and sustained by prominent men on both sides of the Border, and he crossed swords with no less redoubtable a foe than Daniel Defoe in his Advantages of the Act of Security compared with those of the intended Union ( Edinburgh, 1707 ), and A Vindication of the Same against Mr De Foe ( ibid.

Steve McClaren, who took over as England manager after the World Cup, selected Defoe for England in his first match, a friendly against Greece in August 2006.

Defoe took his international goals tally up to five in the Caribbean on 1 June 2008 when he scored twice against Trinidad and Tobago and in the process staking a claim for a more regular place in the international team.

Defoe took aspects of the actual life and, from that, generated a fictional life, satisfying an essentially journalistic market with his fiction ( Hunter 331-338 ).

Defoe took the actual life and, from that, generated a fictional life.

It is likely that Defoe took inspiration for Crusoe from a Scottish sailor named Alexander Selkirk, who was rescued in 1709 after four years on the otherwise uninhabited Juan Fernández Islands ; Defoe usually made use of current events for his plots.

The same is true of a massive history of the Union which Defoe published in 1709 and which some historians still treat as a valuable contemporary source for their own works.

His Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding ( 1957 ) is an important work in the history of the genre.

In the colonial history of Latin America, The Conquest of New Spain is a vivid, military account that establishes Bernal Díaz del Castillo “ among chroniclers what Daniel Defoe is among novelists ”.

It has also been argued that A Modest Proposal was, at least in part, a response to the 1728 essay The Generous Projector or, A Friendly Proposal to Prevent Murder and Other Enormous Abuses, By Erecting an Hospital for Foundlings and Bastard Children by Swift's rival Daniel Defoe.

In 1684, Defoe married Mary Tuffley, the daughter of a London merchant, receiving a dowry of £ 3, 700-a huge amount by the standards of the day.

In 1685, Defoe joined the ill-fated Monmouth Rebellion but gained a pardon by which he escaped the Bloody Assizes of Judge George Jeffreys.

Daniel Defoe in the pillory, 1862 line engraving by James Charles Armytage after Eyre Crowe ( painter ) | Eyre Crowe

In 1701 Defoe, flanked by a guard of sixteen gentlemen of quality, presented the Legion's Memorial to the Speaker of the House of Commons, later his employer, Robert Harley.

The historicity of this story is questioned by most scholars, although John Robert Moore later said that " no man in England but Defoe ever stood in the pillory and later rose to eminence among his fellow men ".

Defoe was amazed that a man as gifted as Harley left vital state papers lying in the open, and warned that he was almost inviting an unscrupulous clerk to commit treason ; his warnings were fully justified by the William Gregg affair.

In 1709 Defoe authored a rather lengthy book entitled, The History Of The Union Of Great Britain ; an Edinburgh publication printed by the Heirs of Anderson.

Thanks to books such as The Letters of Daniel Defoe ( edited by G. H. Healey, Oxford 1955 ), which are readily available, far more is known about his activities than is usual with such agents.

If he didn't meet Pitman, Severin points out that Defoe, upon submitting even a draft of a novel about a castaway to his publisher, would undoubtedly have learned about Pitman's book published by his father, especially since the interesting castaway had previously lodged with them at their former premises.

* 1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.

* History of the Plague in England by Daniel Defoe

by Daniel Defoe.

Two new series, Greysuit, a super-powered government agent drawn by John Higgins, and Defoe, a 17th century zombie hunter drawn by Leigh Gallagher, began in 2000 AD prog 1540 .< ref >

Although both bills failed, they led to media pressure that was exacerbated by both Defoe and How.

This was followed by another review by Defoe on 6 December, in which he even went so far as to provide a draft text for the bill.

* 1719: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

* February 2 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.

Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe that was first published in 1719.

It is possible that Defoe was inspired by the Latin or English translations of Ibn Tufail's Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, an earlier novel also set on a desert island.

Defoe also foregrounds this theme by arranging highly significant events in the novel to occur on Crusoe's birthday.

The repaired bridge of 1565 had a new central arch spanning 81 ft, and was described by Defoe as "... near 70 foot m in diameter ; it is, without exception, the greatest in England, some say it's as large as the Rialto at Venice, though I think not.

Defoe committed a significant number of handball offences during the season, being penalised for the offence on nineteen occasions some nine more than any other player.

Defoe worked as a journalist during and after its composition, and therefore he encountered the memoirs of Alexander Selkirk, who had been stranded in South America on an island for some years.

Thus, Defoe encountered the memoirs of Alexander Selkirk, who was a rather brutish individual who had been stranded in South America on an island for some years.

Kanoute regularly was unable to outshine Robbie Keane or Jermaine Defoe as much as he was expected to and, unlike his days at West Ham, he became a less prolific goalscorer and instead was involved in attacks by setting up various goals with runs at the defence and creating space for other attacking players.

When Defoe visited in the mid 1720s, he claimed that the hostility towards his party was, " because they were English and because of the Union, which they were almost universally exclaimed against ".

In England's third match against Slovenia, he set up the only goal of the match with a cross for Jermain Defoe.

On the 13th February 2006 Jermain Defoe scored his 100th Premier League goal against Charlton.

Daniel Defoe ’ s Moll Flanders includes a character who successfully pled her belly despite being “ no more with child than the judge that tried .” John Gay ’ s The Beggar's Opera includes a scene where the character Filch picks up income working as a “ child getter … helping the ladies to a pregnancy against their being called down to sentence ”.

In the 2008 FA Cup Final against Cardiff City FC, and in previous rounds, former Portsmouth player Jermain Defoe was cup-tied and was unable to play.

Defoe finished as the West Ham's top scorer in the 2001 – 02 season despite being used primarily as a substitute by manager Glenn Roeder, scoring 14 goals in 39 league and cup appearances, including the only goal in a 1 – 0 away win against Manchester United in December 2001, as West Ham finished seventh in the Premiership.

The FA declined to take action against Defoe as the referee, Steve Bennett, had booked Defoe for the incident.

On 20 September, Defoe came on as a substitute against Famagusta and scored twice, scoring his first goals of the season.

Defoe scored Portsmouth's first goal of the 2008 – 09 season on 30 August 2008 with the opener in a 3 – 0 win at Everton and then scored their first home goals on 13 September, with a brace against Middlesbrough.

Defoe was presented at White Hart Lane before the start of Spurs ' League Cup clash against Burnley, after Spurs fans made it clear they wanted the striker back at White Hart Lane.

Defoe made his return debut on 11 January 2009 in a Premier League game against Wigan, scoring his first goal against former club Portsmouth at White Hart Lane on 18 January 2009.

On 12 September 2009, Defoe scored after 38 seconds with an overhead kick against 2008 – 09 Premier League champions Manchester United in a match which ended in a 3 – 1 loss for Tottenham, taking his tally for the 2009 – 10 season to 5 goals in 5 games.

Defoe scored a goal and was sent off during the match against his former club, Portsmouth.

On 3 February, Defoe claimed his third hat-trick of the season in an FA Cup fourth round replay against Leeds United at Elland Road with Spurs winning 3 – 1.

Defoe played his part in Tottenham qualifying for the Champions League group stage, thanks to a controversial goal against Young Boys, where he applied his hand to take the ball with him in the first place.

In pre-season, Defoe scored two goals, one coming in a 3 – 0 win against Orlando Pirates on 23 July, and the other in a 2 – 1 win against Athletic Bilbao at White Hart Lane on 6 August.

Defoe started the season by scoring in a 5 – 0 win against Hearts in a Europa League play-off game on 18 August.

Defoe warming up against Slovenia national football team | Slovenia in a Exhibition game | friendly match on 5 September 2009

Defoe warming up against Switzerland national football team | Switzerland in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | Euro 2012 Qualifying match, 9 September 2010