Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer who is famous for works like Gulliver's Travels and A Tale of a Tub. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, although he is also well known for his poetry and essays.

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Jonathan Swift was born at No. 7, Hoey's Court, Dublin, to an English mother, seven months after his father died. He was educated by his Uncle Godwin, and then sent to Swift's Heath, Kilkenny, from where, at the age of six years, he went to the Kilkenny Grammar School (also attended by the philosopher, George Berkley). He later attended Trinity College, Dublin, and he moved to live with his mother, Abigail Erick, at Leicester.

October 19: October 19 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 73 days remaining....

Anglo-Irish: The term Anglo-Irish means English-Irish however it is used frequently, but inaccurately, to describe formal contacts, negotiations or treaties between the Irish and British states. The most famous examples are:...

Gulliver's Travels: Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735) is a work of fiction by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary sub-genre. Swift's masterpiece, it is his most celebrated work and one of the indisputable classics of the English language....

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