Jonathan Swift Biography

Jonathan Swift biography

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NAME: Jonathan Swift
OCCUPATION: Writer
BIRTH DATE: November 30, 1667
DEATH DATE: October 19, 1745
EDUCATION: Kilkenny School, Trinity College, University of Oxford
PLACE OF BIRTH: Dublin, Ireland
PLACE OF DEATH: Dublin, Ireland
AKA: Jonathan Swift

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Jonathan Swift was an Irish author and satirist. Best known for writing Gulliver's Travels, he was dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.

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Swift, always bolstered by the people around him, was now quite troubled.

In 1742, Swift suffered from a stroke and lost the ability to speak. On October 19, 1745, Jonathan Swift died. He was laid to rest next to Esther Johnson inside of Dublin's St. Patrick's Cathedral.