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Gilbert Keith Chesterton

29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936

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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 literature
  • Fiction
  • English Detective and mystery stories
  • G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
  • England
  • Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional
  • England, fiction
  • Brown, father (fictitious character), fiction
  • 20th century
  • Biography
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  • A pithy bio of G.K. Chesterton by Dale Ahlquist, President, American Chesterton Society

    http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/authors/gkchesterton.asp
  • Wikipedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton

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Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183167

Virtual International Authority File

https://viaf.org/viaf/14767719

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