Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, earning the nickname"Dean Swift". His ironic writing style led to satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian". He also wrote under pseudonyms or anonymously.