Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer and poet, born and buried in Dublin, where he served as Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral. Often regarded as the foremost prose satirist in the English language, he is best known for Gulliver's Travels (1726), as well as A Tale of a Tub (1704) and the ironic essay A Modest Proposal (1729), which suggested that the poor of Ireland sell their children as food to the rich.
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Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer and poet, born and buried in Dublin, where he served as Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral. Often regarded as the foremost prose satirist in the English language, he is best known for Gulliver's Travels (1726), as well as A Tale of a Tub (1704) and the ironic essay A Modest Proposal (1729), which suggested that the poor of Ireland sell their children as food to the rich.
