Surname: Swift Forename(s): Jonathan b. 30 November 1667. d. 19 October 1745. Nationality: Anglo-Irish. VIAF.
Satirical writer, novelist, poet, and dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. Educated
at Trinity College, Dublin. Ordained deacon in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (1694)
and later priest (1695). Traveled frequently between Ireland and England. Author of
Gulliver’s Travels (1726). Biographical information: ODNB. (KF, DD)