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Jonathan Swift
Irish satirist. cleric, political pamphleteer.
He is best known for Gulliver's Travels, an account of Lemuel Gulliver's fanciful voyages. Jonathan Swift also published
numerous political pamphlets. The most sensational of these short works, "A Modest Proposal," is generally considered to be
the most famous satirical essay in the English language.
He became a staunch supporter of the Protestant Church and worked hard to publicise the plight of his fellow Irishmen...
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