Daniel Defoe
A number of notable authors have visited Liverpool, including [[Daniel Defoe]], [[Washington Irving]], [[Thomas De Quincey]], [[Herman Melville]], [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], [[Charles Dickens]], [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]] and [[Hugh Walpole]]. [[Daniel Defoe]], after visiting the city, described it, as "one of the wonders of Britain in his 'Tour through England and Wales'".