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Anglo-Irish satirist and cleric (–)

For other uses, see Jonathan Swift (disambiguation).

Jonathan Swift (30 November – 19 October ) was an Anglo-Irish^[1] writer who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin,^[2] hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".

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His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".^[3]

Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (), Gulliver's Travels (), and A Modest Proposal ().

He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms—including Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. Drapier—or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles. He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the "foremost prose satirist in the English language."^[1]

Biography

Early life

Jonathan Swift was born on 30