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Jonathon Swift 1667-1745 Biography Jonathan Swift was born on 30 November 1667 in Dublin, Ireland; the son of Protestant Anglo-Irish parents Abigail Erick [Herrick] (c1642-1710) and Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) an attorney at King's Inn, Dublin, who had died seven months before his son was born. Young Jonathan was a sickly child, and it is said he later developed Meniere's Disease, which affects the inner ear and causes dizziness, vertigo, nausea, and hearing loss. After his father died, Jonathan's mother was left without an income and she and his nurse did their best to provide care for him. But his mother was extremely poor so when his nurse travelled to England to see relatives she took Jonathan with her. His mother would eventually return to Leicester, England to live with relatives. Thus Jonathan spent some early years in England. He then went back to Ireland to live with his paternal uncle Godwin Swift Esq. (1627-1695), member of Gray's Inn and Attorney General at Tipperary. His uncle would support him and provide him with the best education possible, although it is said Jonathan was an unhappy young man and did not excel in his studies. Having never known his father and rarely seeing his mother probably contributed to the resentment he later expressed towards his relatives and authority figures. Time Period
 * 11/30/1667** Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland on 30 November 1667, second child and only son of Jonathan Swift and Abigaile Erick Swift.
 * 1668** Swift`s Father dies
 * 1668** Abigail Erick, Swift`s mother, was left without private income to support her family. Swift was taken or "stolen" to England by his nurse
 * Approx 1672** he was sent back to Ireland to his mopther`s wealthy brother-in-law, Uncle Godwin
 * 1674** Swift began study at Kilkenny Grammar School
 * 1682** Left Kilkenny Grammar School and began higher learning at Trinity College in Dublin
 * 1686** Jonathan graduated from Trinity Colege, Dublin
 * 1688** Swift moved to England to the household of Sir William Temple at Moor Park
 * 1692** received his M.A.
 * 1695** he was ordained in the Church of Ireland (Anglican), Dublin
 * 1697** //The Battle Of The Books// (exploring the merits of the ancients and the moderns in literature) published
 * 1699** After William Temple`s death, Swift returned to Ireland
 * 1704** //A Tale Of A Tub// (a religious satire. It has at its core a simple narrative of a father who has triplets and, upon his death, leaves them each a coat which will grow with them) Although the book was published anonymously, it established Swift`s reputation.
 * 1708** Arguments Againts Abolishing Christianity (the narrator argues for the preservation of the Christian religion as a social necessity)
 * 1708** When an ignorant cobbler named John Partridge published an almanac of astrological predictions, Swift parodied it in //Prediction For The Ensuing Year By Isaac Bickerstaff//. He foretold the death of John Partridge on March, 1708, and affirmed on that day his prediction. Partridge protested that he was alive but Swift proved in his `Vindication` that he was dead.
 * 1713** Swift was appointed as the dean of St. Patrick`s Cathedral. He held the position until 1742
 * 1716** According to some speculations, it is possible that Swift married Esther Johnson
 * 1724** DRAPIER`S LETTERS (was against the monopoly granted by the English government to William Wood to provide the Irish with copper coinage)
 * 1726** //Gulliver`s Travels// is published
 * 1728** Stella dies - Swift kept a lock of her hair among his papers for the rest of his life.
 * 1729** A Modest Proposal (the narrator with grotesque logic recommends, that Irish poverty can solved by the breeding up their infants as food for the rich)
 * 10/19/1745** Jonathan Swift died in Dublin on October 19, 1745.

WORKS Gulliver's Travels A Modest Proposal

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