Chesterton, G.K.

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G.K. Chesterton
Name
Chesterton, G.K.Gender: M
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith
born on 29 May 1874 at 02:45 (= 02:45 AM )
Place London, England, 51n30, 0w10
Timezone GMT h0w (is standard time)
Data source
Conflicting/unverifiedRodden Rating DD
Astrology data 07°31' 12°58 Asc. 08°51'



Biography

British writer, a poet, essayist and novelist who was one of the most original and forceful British writers of his time. Absent-minded and shaggy, he wrote such novels as "The Man Who Was Thursday," 1908. Chesterton also authored his series of detective-crime fiction that featured his character, "Father Brown."

Chesterton converted to Catholicism late in life and subsequently wrote an incredibly insightful and penetrating essay on the life of Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Died on 6/14/1936, Beaconsfield, England.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

  • Death, Cause unspecified 14 June 1936 (Age 62 plus two weeks)

Source Notes

Penfield Collection spec. Old-file has 3:10 AM. Lescaut gives 4:00 PM as, "personal"

Categories

  • Vocation : Writers : Detective/ Mystery
  • Vocation : Writers : Fiction
  • Notable : Book Collection : American Book
  • Traits : Mind : Memory (Known as absent-minded)
  • Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Conversion/ Born again (Converted to Catholicism)

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