Gulliver’s Travels

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Jonathan Swift (1667 Ð 1745) Born in Dublin Ireland, was was an Anglo Ð Irish satirist, and Essayist. He wrote many Letters and Essays to people in high Society in Ireland. Born in Dublin, Swift was well connected to upper society and literary circles through family ties. His Grandmother was married to Sir Erasmus Dryden, Grandfather to the Poet John Dryden. His Cousin was married to Sir Walter Raleigh. In 1702 Swift got his Doctorate of Divinity from Trinity college in Dublin. It was during this time on visits to England that he published A Tale of a Tub and Battle of the Books. He had a mysterious relationship with a woman named Ester Johnson, nicknamed "Stella. Swift spent another twenty years in England as a Political adviser, returning home to Ireland in 1720. He spent the rest of his days ÒPampletingÓ for noble causes in his home country, writing Gulliver,s Travels, and other prose works. He died of an eye infection in 1745.