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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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Photo of Gilbert Keith Chesterton

English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

Born 29 May 1874
Died 14 June 1936

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Photo of Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Photo of Gilbert Keith Chesterton

English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

Born 29 May 1874
Died 14 June 1936

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Fiction English literature English Detective and mystery stories Biography Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional Catholic Church Criticism and interpretation English essays Religion England, fiction Father Brown (Fictitious character) Brown, father (fictitious character), fiction Fiction, general Fiction, mystery & detective, general Christianity Catholic church, clergy, fiction Clergy History Literature, history and criticism Chesterton, g. k. (gilbert keith), 1874-1936 Catholics Detective and mystery stories History and criticism English Authors British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)

Places

England Great Britain London London (England) United States Australia Baker Street Europe Germany Grande-Bretagne Paris Ying guo 221B Baker Street Belgium Bohemia Italy Rome (Italy) Tibet 427 Park Lane Abbey Grange Allemagne Amazon rainforest Assisi Ballarat Bohemia (Czech Republic)

People

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) Charles Dickens (1812-1870) John H. Watson Sherlock Holmes Francis of Assisi, Saint (1182-1226) Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Robert Browning (1812-1889) Alfred Tennyson Tennyson Baron (1809-1892) Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) C. Auguste Dupin Leo Tolstoy graf (1828-1910) Minister D— Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) William Blake (1757-1827) William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Alexander Pope (1688-1744) Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe Viscount (1865-1922) Alfred King of England (849-899) Archie Charles II King of England (1630-1685) Duncan Ross Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) Geoffrey Chaucer (-1400) Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400)

Time

20th century 19th century 1890 1910-1936 1918-1945 19e siècle Xian dai 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

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Alternative names

  • G. K. Chesterton
  • G. Keith Chesterton
  • Gilbert K. Chesterton
  • G. K. 1874-1936 Introduct Chesterton
  • G. K. CHESTERTON
  • G. K Chesterton
  • g. k. chesterton
  • G K Chesterton
  • Gilbert Keith (G.K.) Chesterton
  • G K CHESTERTON
  • Qie si te dun
  • G.K.Chesterton
  • G.K. Chesterton
  • G. K. Chesterton, Edgar Wallace, Milward Kennedy, Agatha Christie
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