Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift was an Irish clergyman, pamphleteer, satirist, essayist and poet. He is best known for his satirical novel Gulliver's Travels, and the essay A Modest Proposal. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is also known for being a master of two styles of satire; the Horatian and Juvenalian styles.

• 1704: A Tale of a Tub
• 1726: Gulliver's Travels
• 1729: A Modest Proposal
• 1724-1725: Drapier's Letters

• November 30, 1667: Born in Dublin, Ireland

• 1686: Receives degree from Trinity College, Dublin

• 1688: Begins post as assistant to Sir William Temple

• 1694: Is ordained into the Church of Ireland

• 1710: Becomes involved with the Tory government party of England

• 1728: Longtime companion Esther Johnson dies

• October 19, 1745: Dies

• 1701: A Discourse on the Contests and Dissentions in Athens and Rome

• 1704: Battle of the Books | A Tale of a Tub

• 1711: The Conduct of the Allies

• 1720: Proposal for Universal Use of Irish Manufacture

• 1724: The Drapier's Letters

• 1726: Gulliver's Travels

• 1729: A Modest Proposal

• Note: The links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1996: Gulliver's Travels

• 1977: Gulliver's Travels

• 1960: The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

• 1939: Gulliver's Travels

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