Born on September 13
3 figures in our catalog were born on September 13, from the earliest to the most recent.
Daniel Defoe
1660 — 1731
Literature
Daniel Defoe was an English writer and journalist, considered one of the founders of the modern novel in the English language. He is famous for *Robinson Crusoe* (1719), a tale of adventure and survival on a desert island.
Clara Schumann
1819 — 1896
Music
German pianist and composer
Mary Midgley
1919 — 2018
Philosophy
Mary Midgley (1919-2018) was a British moral philosopher, known for her work in animal ethics and her critique of scientific reductionism. She defends a vision of the human being as a moral animal rooted in nature.
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