Jonathan Swift was born on November 30, 1667 in Dublin, Ireland. His parents, Jonathan and Abigail, were Protestant Anglo- Irish. He was known as a satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. Some of his greatest works include Gulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, Drapier’s Letters, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity and A Tale of a Tub. The author had long suffered from Meniere’s Disease and by 1735 it had become very acute. By 1738 he slipped into senility. Swift died on October 19, 1745. He had composed his own epitaph in Latin, which was later translated by Yeats as follows: Swift sailed into his rest; Savage indignation there Cannot lacerate his breast. Imitate him if you dare, World-besotted traveller; he Served human liberty.