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
Ashbel Green Gulliver The Ashbel G. Gulliver Memorial Library Fund at Yale Law School is endowed in his name. Gulliver was a Chairman of the Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations. Ashbel Green Gulliver Ashbel Green Gulliver (November 23, 1897, Connecticut - July 3, 1974, Hanover, New Hampshire) was the Dean of Yale Law School from 1940 to 1946. His nickname was "Peyl"—from ashpail. Gulliver went to Groton School for high school. He received a B.A. from Yale University in 1919, where he was Secretary of the Elizabethan Club and a member of the Wolf's Head secret society. Gulliver graduated with an LL.B.