Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin in 1667, was secretary to a retired English statesman, took orders in the Church of Ireland and became dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in 1713. His pamphlets defended Ireland against a monetary scheme of London. Subject to dizzy spells from his youth, he was, after a stroke, declared incapable of looking after himself in 1742 and placed under guardianship. He left his money for a hospital to be built in Dublin, and died in that city in 1745, at the age of seventy-seven.

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• NovelGulliver's TravelsJonathan Swift · 1726Literature