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• Edwards, Jonathan
  1. (1703-58) a US Christian THEOLOGIAN and religious leader, who succeeded in persuading large numbers of people to become Christians
• Jonathan Edwards (noun)
  1. 1703-1758 american theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America
• Jonathan Swift (noun)
  1. 1667-1745 an English satirist born in Ireland
• Jonathan Trumbull (noun)
  1. 1710-1785 american Revolutionary leader who as governor of Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army
• Swift, Jonathan
  1. (1667-1745) an Irish writer whose best-known book is GULLIVER'S TRAVELS but who also wrote many other SATIRICAL stories and clever articles, in which he used humour to criticize institutions such as the universities, the legal profession, and the political parties. He was also a priest in the Church of England, and became Dean (= a high-ranking priest) of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. Because of this, he is sometimes called "Dean Swift".
• Thomas Jonathan Jackson (noun)
  1. 1824-1863 general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall
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