Swift, Jonathan
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 10 December 1667 at 11:00 (= 11:00 AM ) | ||
| Place | Dublin, Ireland, 53n20, 6w15 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m6w15 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   18°32'   11°22 Asc. 03°39'
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Biography
Irish writer and educator, Installed as the Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 5/13/1713. Swift may be best known as the author of "Gulliver's Travels," published in October 1726. His first publications were printed anonymously in 1704. His biting satire, "A Modest Proposal" suggests that relief measures be instituted for the suffering people
of Ireland whereby their numerous children be sold to the rich for food.
He allegedly married Hester Johnson (Stella) in 1716 and she remained the enduring affection of his life up to her death on 1/27/1728. In 1742, Swift sank into a speechless lethargy and was committed to the care of guardians. He died on 10/19/1745 OS, and is buried in St. Patrick's Cathedral".
One of Swift's better known satires concerns a fictional battle of words between two astrologers. The first, Isaac Bickerstaffe, predicts the death of the second, John Partridge, an almanac maker and astrologer, (though Swift invents his rebuttal of Bickerstaffe's prediction of Partridge’s death). Swift was clearly a skeptic about astrologers, along with most social institutions.
Events
- Work : New Career 13 May 1713 (Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released October 1726 (Gulliver's Travels)
- Death, Cause unspecified 19 October 1745 (Age 67)
Source Notes
Penfield Collection quotes Edward Lyndoe
Categories
- Vocation : Writers : Critic
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction
- Traits : Personality : Pessimist (Cynic)
- Vocation : Religion : Ecclesiastics/ western (Dean of Cathedral)
