| A | B |
|---|
| born......date | November 30, 1667 |
| born.....location | Dublin, Ireland |
| father | died a few months before he was born |
| mother | left him w/ relatives and returned to England |
| education | Trinity College in Dublin |
| 1688 William of Orange invades England | " Glorious Revolution"....Swift goes to England |
| Ester Johnson | Swift's " Stella" |
| suffered from Meniere's disease | disturbance of middle ear w/ nasuea and vertigo |
| MA from Oxford | published 1st poem; Dryden said "COUSIN Swift, you will never be a poet" |
| 1695 in Ireland | ordained as a priest |
| 1st great work | A Tale of a Tub; Catholics vs. Calvins |
| 1701 Doctor of Divinity from Dublin University | published 1st political phamphlet: Whigs Vs Tories |
| Esther Vanhomrigh | his " Vanessa" |
| 1710 left Whigs | became editor Tory newspaper The Examiner |
| A Journal To Stella | famous series of letters to Esther Johnson |
| 1714 Sciblerus Club founded | Swift, Poe, Congreve, Gay, Arbuthnot |
| 1714 George I takes throne as Queen Anne dies | Tories fall; Swift returns to Ireland to die "like a poisoned rat in a hole" |
| 1725 finishes GULLIVER's TRAVELs | "to vex the world NOT divert it" |
| 1727 final trip to England | "Stella" dies the following year |
| 1729 | A Modest Proposal is published |
| 1735-1738 Meniere's Disease worse | memory deteriorates; senility; stroke |
| dies | October 19, 1745 |
| his OWN epitaph | Swift sailed into his rest....Savage indignation there....etc. |
