Jonathan Swift was born in 1667, the son of Anglo-Irish parents.
Swift died on October 19, 1745..
Swift maintained his energy and wit and, later in life, wrote A Modest Proposal (1729) and GULLIVER\'S Travels (1726).
At age thirty-one, Swift returned to Ireland as chaplain to a lord justice.
While in England, Swift discovered his talents as a satirist, producing texts such as A Tale Of A Tub and The Battle of the Books (1704).
The two fell in love, but were never publicly married.
There, he worked for Sir William Temple, in whose household he met Esther Johnson.
After an education in Ireland, Swift moved to England where he reluctantly chose a career in the church.
Jonathan Swift was born in 1667, the son of Anglo-Irish parents
