Daniel Defoe vs Mary Astell
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Compare the life timelines of Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) and Mary Astell (1666–1731) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 65 years, from 1666 to 1731.
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Daniel Defoe (1660–1731)
- — Born in London Verified
- — Educated at a dissenting academy in Newington Green Verified
- — Married Mary Tuffley Verified
- — Established himself as a merchant and went bankrupt Verified
- — Pilloried and imprisoned for The Shortest Way with the Dissenters Verified
- — Founded and wrote the periodical The Review Verified
- — Published Robinson Crusoe Verified
- — Published Moll Flanders and A Journal of the Plague Year Verified
- — Died in London Verified
Mary Astell (1666–1731)
- — Born in Newcastle upon Tyne Verified
- — Informally educated by her clergyman uncle Verified
- — Death of her father left the family in financial difficulty Verified
- — Moved to Chelsea, London Verified
- — Published A Serious Proposal to the Ladies Verified
- — Published her correspondence with John Norris as Letters Concerning the Love of God Verified
- — Published Some Reflections upon Marriage Verified
- — Helped establish a charity school for girls in Chelsea Verified
- — Died in London after surgery for breast cancer Verified