Jonathan Swift

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Anglo-Irish writer clergyman essayist person satirist

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and clergyman best known for works like "Gulliver’s Travels" and "A Modest Proposal," which sharply critiqued politics and society.

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instanceOf Anglo-Irish writer ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
person ⓘ
satirist ⓘ
birthName Jonathan Swift self-link ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
citizenship Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
countryOfDeath Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1667-11-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1745-10-19 ⓘ
denomination Church of Ireland ⓘ
educatedAt Trinity College Dublin ⓘ
employer Church of Ireland ⓘ
ethnicity Anglo-Irish ⓘ
familyName Swift ⓘ
genre political satire ⓘ
prose ⓘ
satire ⓘ
givenName Jonathan ⓘ
influenced Aldous Huxley ⓘ
George Orwell ⓘ
Mark Twain ⓘ
knownFor sharp political and social criticism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 18th century ⓘ
movement Augustan literature ⓘ
name Jonathan Swift self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
notableWork A Modest Proposal ⓘ
A Tale of a Tub ⓘ
Drapier's Letters ⓘ
Gulliver's Travels ⓘ
The Battle of the Books ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
political pamphleteer ⓘ
prose writer ⓘ
satirist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dublin ⓘ
placeOfDeath Dublin ⓘ
positionHeld Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin ⓘ
religion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
wrote A Modest Proposal ⓘ
A Tale of a Tub ⓘ
Drapier's Letters ⓘ
Gulliver's Travels ⓘ
Journal to Stella ⓘ
The Battle of the Books ⓘ
Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift ⓘ

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Duchess of Queensberry → associatedWith → Jonathan Swift ⓘ
subject surface form: Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry
John Gay → associatedWith → Jonathan Swift ⓘ
Jonathan Swift → birthName → Jonathan Swift self-link ⓘ
John Gay → collaboratedWith → Jonathan Swift ⓘ
The Scriblerus Club → hasMember → Jonathan Swift ⓘ
Jonathan → hasNotableBearer → Jonathan Swift ⓘ
Jonathan Swift → name → Jonathan Swift self-link ⓘ
Augustan literature → notableAuthor → Jonathan Swift ⓘ
St Patrick's Cathedral → notableClergy → Jonathan Swift ⓘ
subject surface form: St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin