Isaac Bickerstaff, Physician and Astrologer

"Isaac Bickerstaff, Physician and Astrologer" by Sir Richard Steele Isaac Bickerstaff Esq was a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of then famous Almanac-maker and astrologer John Partridge. In 1709, Richard Steele bolstered the release of his new paper The Tatler by naming the fictitious Isaac Bickerstaff Esq. as editor. The Tatler had occasional contributions from Swift, although largely written by Steele and Joseph Addison. Sir Richard Steele was an Irish writer and politician, remembered as co-founder of The Spectator. This book leans into the hoax that was kept up by these two famous writers.