Jonathan Swift Writer

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.He is remembered for works such as Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, Drapier's Letters, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, and A Tale of a Tub. Swift is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. Swift originally published all of his works under pseudonyms – such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, MB Drapier – or anonymously. He is also known for being a master of two styles of satire: the Horatian and Juvenalian styles.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Drapier M. B.; Gulliver Lemuel;Bickerstaff Isaac
Pseudonym	Isaac Bickerstaff Lemuel Gulliver *M. B. Drapier
Birth date	November 30, 1667
Birth place	Dublin
Nationality	Kingdom of Ireland
Date of death	October 19, 1745
Place of death	Dublin
Education	Trinity College Dublin