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Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer, lay theologian, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biographer, and Christian apologist.

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English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

Born 29 May 1874
Died 14 June 1936

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  • Cover of: The ballad of the white horse
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English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

Born 29 May 1874
Died 14 June 1936

Subjects

Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, England, fiction, Brown, father (fictitious character), fiction, Catholic church, clergy, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, collections & anthologies, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, London (england), fiction, English literature, English Detective and mystery stories, Great britain, history, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Religion, Fiction, christian, suspense, Biography, Fiction, general, English essays, Apologetics, Father Brown (Fictitious character), Catholic Church, Criticism and interpretation, Chesterton, g. k. (gilbert keith), 1874-1936, Christianity, Poetry (poetic works by one author), History

Places

England, Great Britain, London, London (England), United States, Baker Street, Germany, Jerusalem, Palestine, Australia, Europe, Grande-Bretagne, Paris, 221B Baker Street, Rome (Italy), Tibet, 427 Park Lane, Abbey Grange, Allemagne, Amazon rainforest, Assisi, Ballarat, Belgium, Bohemia, Boscombe Pool

People

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936), John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Francis of Assisi, Saint (1182-1226), Robert Browning (1812-1889), Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274), Alfred King of England (849-899), Archie, C. Auguste Dupin, Duncan Ross, George Frederick Watts (1817-1904), Jabez Wilson, John Clay, Leo Tolstoy graf (1828-1910), Minister D—, Mr. Merryweather, Police Inspector Jones, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Vincent Spaulding, William Blake (1757-1827), William Cobbett (1763-1835)

Time

20th century, 19th century, 1890, 1910-1936, 1918-1945, 19e siècle, 1182-1226, 12th century, 13th century, 1600-1800, 1789-1820, 17th century, 1888, 1894, 1895, 18th Century, 1911, 1914-, 1933-1945, 1935-1947, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947

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