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person_profile-Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton Died at age: 62

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Date of Birth:

May 29, 1874

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Jun 14, 1936

Biography of

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

    Gilbert Keith Chesterton KC*SG (29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936) was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic. He has been referred to as the "prince of paradox". Time magazine observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories-first carefully turning them inside out". Chesterton created the fictional priest-detective Father Brown, and wrote on apologetics. Even some of those who disagree with him have recognised the wide appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an "orthodox" Christian, and came to identify this position more and more with Catholicism, eventually converting to Catholicism from High Church Anglicanism. George Bernard Shaw, his "friendly enemy", said of him, "He was a man of colossal genius". Biographers have identified him as a successor to such Victorian authors as Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, Cardinal John Henry Newman, and John Ruskin.

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Filmography of

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Found 1 Movies in total

BBC: The Voice of Britain

himself ( Actor )

... 1935