Jonathan Swift
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Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745) was an Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for Whigs then for Tories), and poet, famous for works like Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, although he is less well known for his poetry.
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