Johann David Wyss (Bern, March 4, 1743 - 1818) was a Swiss author, best remembered for his book The Swiss Family Robinson (1812), based on the Robinson Crusoe adventure by Daniel Defoe. The book was edited by his son, Johann Rudolf Wyss, a scholar who wrote the Swiss national anthem. Location within Switzerland The city of Bern, English traditionally Berne (Bernese German Bärn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna ), is the Bundesstadt (administrative capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after Zürich, Geneva and Basel). ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... // Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ... 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... The Swiss Family Robinson is a novel, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family who is shipwrecked en route to Australia. ... See also: 1811 in literature, other events of 1812, 1813 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday by Carl Offterdinger Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719 and sometimes regarded as the first novel in English. ... Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (1660 [?] â€“ April 1731) was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. ... Johann Rudolf Wyss (1782 - 1830) was a Swiss author, writer & folklorist. ...

He lived in Bern almost his whole life. He traveled a lot. He had 4 sons all named Johann