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 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1823 Found 1: ¶ 7