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Jonathan Swift
By Matt Evans
Basic Facts
• Born in Dublin, Ireland on Nov. 30, 1667
• Died in Dublin on Oct. 19, 1745
• Age 77• Born into poor family• Parents: Jonathan
Swift, Sr. and Abigail Erick
Growing Up and Education
• Swift given to rich Uncle Godwin
• Studied at Kilkenny Grammar School
• Received Bachelor's and Master’s degrees at Trinity College
Move into Religion
• Ordained as a Protestant priest
• Secretary to Sir William Temple
• Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Early Start in Literature
• Famous for writing satires
• “Battle of the Books” and “A Tale of a Tub”
• Satire controversy in England and Ireland
Personal Life of Swift
• Married Esther “Stella” Johnson in 1716
• Johnson died in 1728
• Met Hester “Vanessa” Vanhomrigh in 1713
• Broke Vanessa’s heart in 1723
Literature of Swift
• “Battle of the Books” written in 1704
• Satire• “A Tale of a Tub”
written in 1704• Also a satire
Literature of Swift Part 2
• “Journal to Stella” written from 1710-1713
• Personal feelings of Swift
• “Cadenus and Vanessa” written in 1713
• Wrote story about Vanessa
Literature of Swift Part 3
• “On the Conduct of Allies” written in 1713
• Another satire• “Drapier’s
Letters” written in 1724
• Pamphlets of opinions
“Gulliver’s Travels”
• Written in 1726• Swift’s most
famous work• Tells the story of
an explorer• Written in order to
ridicule human weaknesses and cruelties
Literature of Swift Part 4
• “A Modest Proposal” written in 1729
• Most famous satire
• “Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift” written in 1739
• A compilation of ways Swift could die
Works Cited
• incompetech, . "Jonathan "Isaac Bickerstaff" Swift." incompetech. 1996. incompetech, Web. 5 Oct 2009.
<http://incompetech.com/authors/swift/>. • Liukkonen, Petri. "Jonathan Swift." Books and Writers. 2008.
Amazon.com, Web. 5 Oct 2009.
<http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jswift.htm>. • Asiado, Tel. "Jonathan Swift Biography." suite101. 20 Apr. 2009.
Great Writers, Web. 5 Oct 2009. <http://great-writers.suite101.com/article.cfm/jonathan_swift_biography>.