Daniel Defoe vs Ogyū Sorai
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Compare the life timelines of Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) and Ogyū Sorai (1666–1728) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 62 years, from 1666 to 1728.
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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
Ogyū Sorai (1666–1728)
- — Born in Edo Verified
- — Exiled with his family to rural Kazusa province Verified
- — Returned to Edo after his father's pardon Verified
- — Entered the service of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu Verified
- — Established his own private academy in Edo Verified
- — Developed the Ancient Learning method of reading the classics Verified
- — Wrote his major philosophical works Bendō and Benmei Verified
- — Advised shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune and wrote the Seidan Verified
- — Died in Edo Verified