This document provides biographical information about Jonathan Swift and summarizes some of his major works. It discusses that Swift was an Irish satirist, poet, and essayist born in 1667 in Dublin, Ireland who is best known for his novel Gulliver's Travels and his essay "A Modest Proposal." Some of Swift's other notable works mentioned include the satirical novels A Tale of a Tub, which attacked religion in England, and Gulliver's Travels, a famous long satire about a man who goes on sea voyages.