His mother found a secretary position for him under the revered English statesman, Sir William Temple. What became known as the Glorious Revolution of 1688 spurred Swift to move to England and start anew.
The king of Ireland, England and Scotland was soon to be overthrown.
Not long into his research, huge unrest broke out in Ireland. In 1686, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree, and went on to pursue a master's. He did, however, make a fast friend in William Congreve, the future poet and playwright.Īt age 14, Swift commenced his undergraduate studies at Trinity College in Dublin. Swift's transition from a life of poverty to a rigorous private school setting proved challenging. Godwin Swift enrolled his nephew in the Kilkenny Grammar School (1674–1682), which was perhaps the best school in Ireland at the time. In an effort to give her son the best upbringing possible, Swift's mother gave him over to Godwin Swift, her late husband's brother and a member of the respected professional attorney and judges group Gray's Inn. It was later discovered that he suffered from Meniere's Disease, a condition of the inner ear that leaves the afflicted nauseous and hard of hearing. Without steady income, his mother struggled to provide for her newborn. His father, an attorney, also named Jonathan Swift, died just two months before he arrived. Irish author and satirist Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland on November 30, 1667. A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729.
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