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G. K. Chesterton
English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)
Not to be confused with A. K. Chesterton.
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| Born | Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-05-29)29 May 1874 Kensington, London, England |
| Died | 14 June 1936(1936-06-14) (aged 62) Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Resting place | Roman Catholic Cemetery, Beaconsfield |
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| Education | University College London |
| Period | 1900–1936 |
| Genre | Essays, fantasy, Christian apologetics, Catholic apologetics, mystery, poetry |
| Literary movement | Catholic literary revival[1] |
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Gilbert Keith ChestertonKC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic.[2]
Chesterton created the fictional priest-detective Father Brown,[3] and wrote on apologetics, such as his wor
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian, philosopher, and a leading writer of the Victorian era. He strongly influenced 19th-century art, literature, and philosophy.
Carlyle was born in Ecclefechan, a village in Dumfriesshire, and attended the University of Edinburgh, where he excelled in mathematics, inventing the Carlyle circle. After finishing the arts course, he prepared to become a minister in the Burgher Church while working as a schoolmaster. He quit these and several other endeavours before settling on literature, writing for the Edinburgh Encyclopædia and working as a translator. He found initial success as a disseminator of German literature, then little-known to English readers, through his translations, his Life of Friedrich Schiller (1825), and his review essays for various journals. His first major work was a novel entitled S