Chesterton
Americannoun
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G(ilbert) K(eith), 1874–1936, English essayist, critic, and novelist.
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G ( ilbert ) K ( eith ). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic
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Chesterton, a friend and political opponent of Shaw.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Chesterton, the Catholic apologist, is said to have remarked.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
Chesterton took a different tack—gratitude is “the highest form of thought.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
Emily Chesterton was told the calf pain she was experiencing in October 2022 was a sprain but it was in fact a blood clot.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025
He visited Bobby in the jail and gave him a copy of The Apostle of Common Sense, a book about the writer G. K. Chesterton, which covered various matters of religion and culture.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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