The Swift Life of Jonathan Swift

1.       Jonathan Swift was born on November 30, 1667 and died October 19, 1745.

2.       His father died two months before he was born so he was raised by his Uncle.

3.       As a child he suffered from Meniere’s disease, an infection of the inner ear that made him hard of hearing.

4.       Some of the schools he went to include Kilkenny School, Trinity College, and University of Oxford

5.       5. Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland and dies there too.

“A wise person should have money in their head, and not in their heart.”

-Jonathan Swift

“Trinity College was closed, and an ambitious Swift took the opportunity to go to England, where he hoped to gain preferment in the Anglican Church”

-David Cody