Famous People

Many people would be familiar with the novel “ Robinson Crusoe”, a story written by the 17 th/18 th century English writer, Daniel Defoe. In the novel, the eponymous character is said to have been stranded on a remote island in the Caribbean for almost 28 years. Defoe’s fictional tale may have been based on true stories of castaways, one of them being Alexander Selkirk, a Scotsman who was also a contemporary of the writer. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"8167","attributes":{"alt":"Bronze statue of Alexander Selkirk at the site of his original house on Main Street, Lower Largo Fife, Scotland. Wikimedia","class":"media-image","height":"718","style":"width: 610px; height: 718px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] Bronze statue of Alexander Selkirk at the site of his original house on Main Street, Lower Largo Fife, Scotland. Wikimedia, CC BY-SA