JONATHAN SWIFT (nov 30, 1667 – oct 19, 1745)
Description:
Jonathan Swift, pseudonym Isaac Bickerstaff, (born November 30, 1667, Dublin, Ireland—died October 19, 1745, Dublin), Anglo-Irish author, who was the foremost prose satirist in the English language. Besides the celebrated novel Gulliver’s Travels (1726), he wrote such shorter works as A Tale of a Tub (1704) and “A Modest Proposal” (1729).Added to timeline:
Date:
nov 30, 1667
oct 19, 1745
~ 77 years