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G.K. Chesterton

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“The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice.”

G.K. Chesterton, The Defendant (1901)

May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, prolific journalist and author, was well known for his apologetics, biographies, detective fiction, literary, social, and political commentary, and modern history. Possessing a keen wit, a comic genius delighting in paradox, and a gift for religious argument, he published nearly 100 books and over 4,000 newspaper columns and essays.

While attending art school in London in the mid-1890s when he was about twenty, Chesterton realized his artistic limitations and determined to pursue journalism. A few years later he was writing columns regularly for several newspapers, including the Daily News and the Illustrated London News, and by 1902 was widely recognized for his abilities as a political and social critic, and as a writer in general. During the first decade of the 20th century Chesterton's voluminous written output only increased, and inc

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G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

NOTE: G.K. Chesterton was not a universalist. He is included on this page to show some of his quotes that many may not be aware of.

".Then I read Chesterton's Everlasting Man and for the first time saw the whole Christian outline of history set out in a form that seemed to me to make sense . . . I already thought Chesterton the most sensible man alive "apart from his Christianity." Now, I veritably believe, I thought that Christianity itself was very sensible "apart from its Christianity." --C.S. Lewis, on reading Chesterton as an atheist in 1925

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer of the early 20th century. Chesterton was known as the "prince of paradox" because he communicated his conservative, often countercultural, ideas in an off-hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. For example: "Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it." Many of Chesterton's works remain in print, including collec

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10 Things You Need to Know about G.K. Chesterton

While G.K. Chesterton’s official career was journalism (he wrote several thousand newspaper columns), he was a Renaissance man where words were concerned. He wrote poetry, Christians apologetics, detective stories, novels (everything from sci-fi to thrillers), political commentary, and gave BBC radio talks on various subjects. Chesterton published around 80 books in his lifetime, a considerable record for someone who only lived to age 62.

He wrote and talked about everything from history to architecture. However, Chesterton may be best remembered for his religious writings and fiction. He made compelling, always exciting arguments for Christianity that influenced many later thinkers, including C.S. Lewis and Malcolm Muggeridge.

10 Important Events in G.K. Chesterton’s Life

1. In 1875, Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London to a middle-class family of Unitarians.

2. In 1895, Chesterton got his first publishing job, working for George Redway.

3. In 1900, Chesterton published his first two books: the poetry collections