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Chesterton

American  
[ches-ter-tuhn] / ˈtʃɛs tər tən /

noun

  1. G(ilbert) K(eith), 1874–1936, English essayist, critic, and novelist.


Chesterton British  
/ ˈtʃɛstətən /

noun

  1. G ( ilbert ) K ( eith ). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic

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Chesterton published between 1910 and 1936, and inspired a radio drama, several movies and several TV adaptations.

From Salon Jun. 16, 2026

Chesterton nailed it when he said “the great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, for all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Chesterton observed, you can’t know which fences to remove until you understand why they were built.

From MarketWatch May 7, 2026

Chesterton, the Catholic apologist, is said to have remarked.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 23, 2026

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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