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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Jonathan Swift
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Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
| Born | 30 November 1667 |
| Died | 19 October 1745 |
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![Cover of: Le conte du tonneau: contenant tout ce que lse arts, [et] les sciences ont de plus sublime, et de plus mysterieux; avec plusiers autres pièces très-curieuses](http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6844852-M.jpg "Cover of: Le conte du tonneau: contenant tout ce que lse arts, [et] les sciences ont de plus sublime, et de plus mysterieux; avec plusiers autres pièces très-curieuses")
Jonathan Swift
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Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
| Born | 30 November 1667 |
| Died | 19 October 1745 |
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Imaginary Voyages, Fiction, Correspondence, Politics and government, Travelers, English literature, Irish Authors, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Early works to 1800, English Satire, Humor, Irish authors, Lemuel Gulliver (Fictitious character), Swift, jonathan, 1667-1745, Juvenile fiction, Pamphlets, Chang pian xiao shuo, Children's fiction, History, Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714, Adaptations, Biography, Drama, English Political satire, FantasyPlaces
Great Britain, Ireland, Ying guo, England, Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, Calcutta, Carthage, Dublin, India, Italy, Lilliput, Lilliput and Blefuscu (Fictitious Islands), London, Milan, Naples, Netherlands, Surrey, United Kingdom, WalesPeople
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Anne Queen of Great Britain (1665-1714), Esther Johnson (1681-1728), Mangan's sister, Mary Toft (1703-1763), Nathanael St. André (1680-1776), William Wood (1671-1730), (Fictitious Characters), Alfred Doolittle, Alonso, Anne queen of Great Britain (1664-1714), Antonio, Ariel, Caliban, Ceres, Charles Ford (1682-1743), Colonel Pickering, Eliza Doolittle, Eugène of Savoy, Prince of Savoy (1663-1736), Ferdinand, Freddy Eynsford Hill, Fritz Eichenberg (1901-), Galatea, Gonzalo, Grimesby RoylottTime
18th century, 1702-1714, Jin dai, 15th and 16th centuries, 1648-1714, 17th century, 1912, Anne, 1702-1714, Early works to 1800, Siglo XVIII, Xian daiID Numbers
- OLID: OL24522A
- ISNI: 0000000121214321
- VIAF: 14777110
- Wikidata: Q41166
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q41166
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- SWIFT, JONATHAN, 1667-1745.
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- (ying) Si, wei fu te
- Джонатан Свифт
- Д. Свифт
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