Jonathan Swift, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet
Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1667
Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Date of Death: 19-Oct-1745
Profession: writer, priest, poet, opinion journalism, human rights activist, children's writer, philosopher, novelist, satirist, essayist, pamphleteer, science fiction writer
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Jonathan Swift
- 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, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift". Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729).
- He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry.
- He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms – such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M.
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- Drapier – or anonymously.
- He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles. His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".
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