1. Lemuel Gulliver, his family, interests, studies, medical practice, being a ship’s surgeon and a captain.
Lemuel Gulliver is a central character of Gulliver’s travels. Gulliver had a wife, Mary. He is the son of a middle-class family in Nottinghamshire, England. He has studied medicine both in England and at the University of Leiden in Holland. Gulliver has also served as an apprentice under a master surgeon, Mr. James Bates. He takes genuine interest in humans, which makes him the perfect narrator for a novel about human nature. Gulliver’s interest in languages and customs is the primary engine for his travels.