One such academy was set up on north of the Green, run by Charles Morton. One of the academy's students was Daniel Defoe, the writer, journalist and spy famous for his novel "Robinson Crusoe". Another pupil was the controversial poet Samuel Wesley, father of John Wesley, the great religious leader. A later schoolmaster was the Rev. James Burgh, author of "The Dignity of Human Nature" and "Thoughts on Education", who opened his Dissenting Academy on the green in 1750 and sent his pupils to the church there.