Which author was also a clergyman and served as Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland?

The person who was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet, and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland was Jonathan Swift (1667 – 1745).

Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was the son of Protestant Anglo-Irish parents, his ancestors had been Royalists, and all his life he would be a high ranking cleric in his church. In 1694 anxious to advance himself within the Church of England, he went to Ireland to take holy orders. In 1695 he was ordained as a priest in the Church of Ireland, the Irish branch of the Anglican Church. Between 1696 and 1699, Swift began writing his first great literary work,' A Tale of a Tub'. He would continue to write all types of literary items the rest of his adult life.

Because much of his writing style and satire was seen as deadpan and ironic, it led to his form of writing being called "Swiftian". Swift saw this personal recognition as a true honor from his peers.