Lemuel Gulliver Lemuel Gulliver Lemuel Gulliver () is the fictional protagonist and narrator of "Gulliver's Travels", a novel written by Jonathan Swift, first published in 1726. According to Swift's novel, Gulliver was born in Nottinghamshire c. 1661, where his father had a small estate; the Gulliver family is said to have originated in Oxfordshire, however. He supposedly studied for three years (c. 1675-1678) at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, leaving to become an apprentice to an eminent London surgeon; after four years (c. 1678-1682), he left to study at the University of Leiden, a prominent Dutch university and medical school. He also educated himself
Dorothy Gulliver Dorothy Gulliver Dorothy Kathleen Gulliver (September 6, 1908 – May 23, 1997) was an American silent film actress, and one of the few to make a successful transition with the advent of "talkies", when films began using sound. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1908, Gulliver was named as a 1928 "WAMPAS Baby Star." Gulliver was part of "The Collegians" silent series of the late 1920s, and also did some silent serials with William Desmond, Jack Hoxie, and Hoot Gibson. With the beginning of "talkies", she became a popular heroine in 1930s "cliffhangers", including "The Galloping Ghost", "Phantom of