LORD  BYRON  and  his  TIMES
Byron
Documents Biography Criticism
Alexander Selkirk
(1676-1721)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Selkirk, Alexander, 1676-1721
DNB:    Selkirk, Alexander (1676–1721), mariner, castaway, and probable source of inspiration for the character Robinson Crusoe
LBT ID: AlSelki1721    VIAF ID: 70169928    LOC ID: n50006529
B/BAP:   1676
DIED:   1721-12-13
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The Scottish seaman and castaway whose life served as the inspiration for Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
REFERENCES TO Alexander Selkirk:
Charles Lamb to Walter Wilson, 24 February 1823 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)
Found 1:   ¶ 1   
REFERENCES TO PERSON
SEARCH PERSONS
Creative Commons License

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Produced by CATH