Jonathan Swift was an Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput. He is regarded by many as the greatest satirist of the Georgian era and one of the foremost prose authors in the history of English and world literature. November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745; died at 77. Alive at the same time as Isaac Newton, George Washington, Johann Sebastian Bach, Immanuel Kant, and Voltaire. Wiki link