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
Charles Gulliver Charles Gulliver Charles Gulliver (born 7 April 1882) was a British music-hall producer and impresario who was also the secretary and a founder of the Variety Artistes' Federation in 1906. Born in Southampton, in his youth, Gulliver worked in a solicitors' office, and thereby gained a basic understanding of the law. The office building in which he worked also housed the offices of The Automobile Association (AA), and after demonstrating an interest in cars, he served for a short time as secretary and treasurer of the AA. At the time, the position was unpaid, so Gulliver focused on searching for