Jonathan Swift
1667 CE–1745 CE · Writer · Dublin
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, poet, pamphleteer and Anglican cleric. Born in Dublin in 1667, he was educated at Trinity College Dublin before serving as secretary to the statesman Sir William Temple in England. Ordained in the Church of Ireland, he held livings in Ireland and became a leading political writer in London during Queen Anne's reign. From 1713 until his death he was Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. His works include Gulliver's Travels, A Tale of a Tub, the Drapier's Letters, and the satirical essay A Modest Proposal. He died in Dublin in 1745.
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