Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St. Patrick's, 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.
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Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
| Born | 30 November 1667 |
| Died | 19 October 1745 |
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Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
| Born | 30 November 1667 |
| Died | 19 October 1745 |
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Politics and government, Early works to 1800, Imaginary Voyages, Fiction, History, English literature, Humor, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Travelers, English Satire, Coinage, Fiction, fantasy, general, Correspondence, Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714, Poetry, Fiction, satire, Lemuel Gulliver (Fictitious character), Pamphlets, Swift, jonathan, 1667-1745, English Political satire, Money, English language, Irish Authors, Irish authors, Juvenile fictionPlaces
Great Britain, Ireland, England, Athens (Greece), Netherlands, Rome, Ying guo, Dublin, Araby, Araby bazaar, Lilliput, London, North Richmond Street, Balnibarbi, Blefuscu, Brobdingnag, Calcutta, Carthage, Dublin (Ireland), Dunkerque (France), Europe, France, Glubbdubdrib, Houyhnhnmland, IndiaPeople
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), William Wood (1671-1730), Richard Steele Sir (1672-1729), Esther Johnson (1681-1728), Anne Queen of Great Britain (1665-1714), John Partridge (1644-1715), Alexander Pope (1688-1744), Lemuel Gulliver (Fictitious character), Daniel Finch Nottingham Earl of (1647-1730), Patrick Delany (1685 or 6-1768), John Carteret Earl Granville (1690-1763), John Churchill Marlborough Duke of (1650-1722), Patrick Delany (1685 or 1686-1768), Thomas Wharton Wharton Marquess of (1648?-1715), Anthony Collins (1676-1729), Edward Young (1683-1765), Horace, John Browne Sir, Mangan's sister, Mary Toft (1703-1763), Matthew Prior (1664-1721), Nathanael St. André (1680-1776), Patrick Delany (1685?-1768), Richard Tighe, Robert Harley Earl of Oxford (1661-1724)Time
18th century, 1702-1714, Anne, 1702-1714, Jin dai, 1660-1714, 1689-1702, 1714-1727, 15th and 16th centuries, 1603-1714, 1648-1714, 1648-1789, 1699–1715, 1704, 1712, 1714-1837, 1724., 17th Century, 17th century, 1912, 510 B.C.-30 B.C., 510-30 B.C, Early modern, 1500-1700, Early works to 1800, Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713, Siglo XVIIIID Numbers
- OLID: OL24522A
- Amazon ID: B001HCV1RG
- BookBrainz: d57c2ab8-8388-4949-931b-ae5a45bb824f
- GoodReads: 1831
- ISNI: 0000000121214321
- IMDb: nm0842605
- Library of Congress Names: n78096912
- LibraryThing: swiftjonathan
- LibriVox: 1038
- MusicBrainz: 9ab4a3b4-3206-4c12-ac6b-50d64ca98119
- Project Gutenberg: 326
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV004182
- VIAF: 14777110
- Wikidata: Q41166
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q41166
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Alternative names
- J. Swift
- Johnathan Swift
- スウィフト,ジョナサン
- Shi hui fu tuo
- (ying) Si, wei fu te
- (ying) Siwei, Fute
- Jonathan Dean Swift
- Si, Weifute Swift, Jonathan
- Dr Jonathan Swift
- Jonathan Swift Swift
- Lemuel Gulliver
- Джонатан Свифт
- Д. Свифт
- Dr. Jonathan Swift