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Authority record- CA QUA11959
- Person
- fl. 1931
D. Sykes was a student in the School of Mining at Queen's University.
- CA QUA01092
- Corporate body
- n.d.
The Sydenham Ward Tenants' and Ratepayers' Association (SWTRA) was formed in 1967 when ten members of the Sydenham Ward advisory committee on redevelopment decided to form a ratepayers' group that would keep the neighbourhood residents up-to-date on issues concerning the ward. Their chief concerns at that time were the major plans for urban renewal in Sydenham Ward. The group was anxious to protect and preserve the character of the old ward. Since then the SWTRA has expanded and now deals with issues concerning waterfront development, building by-laws, zoning changes, and restoration of historic buildings and sites throughout the ward. SWTRA is in constant communication with the ward aldermen and City Hall to bring the concerns of the wards to their attention. Sydenham Ward's current boundaries are Johnson Street to the North, Lake Ontario to the South and East, and centre and MacDonnell Streets to the West. The Association changed its name to the Sydenham District Association (SDA) to better reflect its expanding role in the community.
- CA QUA01359
- Person
- 1667-1745
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.
Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms – such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. Drapier – or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles.
His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".
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