#132 Overall Influence
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist
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Why is this person notable and influential?Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, “Dean Swift”.
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Schools
What schools is this person affiliated with?Notable Works
What contributions to academia has this person made?- Gulliver's Travels
- A Tale of a Tub
- A Modest Proposal
- The Conduct of the Allies
- The Battle of the Books
- Drapier's Letters
- Directions to Servants
- Cadenus and Vanessa
- A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms
- A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan
- A Meditation Upon a Broomstick
- A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage
- A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation
Influence Rankings by Discipline
How’s this person influential?#36 World Rank
Literature
#327 World Rank
Philosophy