Swift

Defoe

30 November 16591661 to 24 1667 19 October April 1731 1745

Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet English trader, and cleric who writer, journalist, became Dean of St. and pamphleteer Patrick`s Cathedral Dublin.

Dublin, Ireland

St. Giles Cripplegate London.

His parents were Swift's family had Presbyterian several interesting dissenters literary connections: His grandmother, Elizabeth (Dryden)

Swift, was the niece of Sir Erasmus Dryden, grandfather of the poet John Dryden.

In February 1702, Swift received his Doctor of Divinity degree from Trinity College, Dublin.

After some years of preparations, he went into the hosiery business.

There is a great In 1684, Defoe mystery and married Mary controversy over Swift's relationship Tuffley, the daughter of a with Esther Johnson nicknamed London merchant "Stella". In 1692, Defoe was arrested for payments of 700

he spent much of his time in Dublin and traveled to London frequently

over the next ten years.

In 1701, Swift published, anonymously, a political pamphlet, A Discourse on the Contests and Dissentions in Athens and Rome.

Defoe's first notable publication was An Essay upon Projects, a series of proposals for social and economic improvement, published in 1697.

Defoe's pamphleteering and He found the political activities opposition Tory resulted in his arrest leadership more sympathetic to his and placement in a pillory on 31 July cause and Swift 1703, principally on was recruited to support their cause account of a pamphlet entitled as editor of the The Shortest-Way Examiner when they came to power with the Dissenters; Or, Proposals for in 1710. In 1711, Swift published the the Establishment

political pamphlet "The Conduct of the Allies," attacking the Whig government of the Church for its inability to end the prolonged war with France.

Swift was part of the inner circle of the Tory Defoe being a government, and Presbyterian who often acted as had suffered in mediator between England for his Henry St. John convictions, was (Viscount accepted as an Bolingbroke) the adviser to the secretary of state General Assembly for foreign affairs of the Church of (171015) and Scotland and Robert Harley (Earl committees of the of Oxford) lord Parliament of treasurer and prime Scotland. minister (1711 1714).

Gulliver's Travels

Robinson Crusoe

The Review

Daniel Defoe died in 1738 Swift began on 24 April 1731, probably while in to show signs of illness, and in 1742 hiding from his he appears to have creditors. He was suffered a stroke, interred in Bunhill losing the ability to Fields, London, speak and realizing where his grave can his worst fears of still be visited. becoming mentally Defoe is known to disabled. have used at least 198 pen names.