Science and the English Language JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745)
Science and the English Language Royalist Anglican in Ireland: Oppressor and oppressed: BRITAIN ANGLO-IRISH IRELAND
Science and the English Language 1686: graduates at Trinity 1689: Secretary to Temple: tutor to Esther Johnson 1694: ordained priest in the Church of Ireland 1704: A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books
Science and the English Language 1707-1709: London. First a Whig, then a Tory. Friendship with som of the major English writers and politicians. 1713: Dean of St.Patrick 1724: Drapier’s Letters 1726: Gulliver’s Travels
Science and the English Language 1729: A Modest Proposal 1742: declared insane. 1745: died. bequeathed a third of his income to found St Patrick's Hospital for the mentally ill
Science and the English Language Jonathan Swift wrote his own epitaph:: Hic depositum est Corpus IONATHAN SWIFT S.T.D. Hujus Ecclesiæ Cathedralis Decani, Ubi sæva Indignatio Ulterius Cor lacerare nequit, Abi Viator Et imitare, si poteris, Strenuum pro virili Libertatis Vindicatorem. Obiit 19º Die Mensis Octobris A.D. 1745 Anno Ætatis 78º.
Science and the English Language William Butler Yeats: Swift has sailed into his rest. Savage indignation there cannot lacerate his breast. Imitate him if you dare, world-besotted traveller. He served human liberty.