Daniel Defoe vs Thomas Newcomen
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Compare the life timelines of Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) and Thomas Newcomen (1664–1729) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 65 years, from 1664 to 1729.
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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
Thomas Newcomen (1664–1729)
- — Born in Dartmouth, Devon, England Verified
- — Established himself as an ironmonger in Dartmouth Verified
- — Developed the atmospheric steam engine with partner John Calley Verified
- — Entered a business arrangement under Thomas Savery's steam patent Verified
- — Served as a Baptist lay preacher and elder Verified
- — Installed the first successful atmospheric steam engine near Dudley Verified
- — Newcomen engines spread across Britain and continental Europe Verified
- — Died in London Verified