"G.K. Chesterton, in full Gilbert Keith Chesterton, (born May 29, 1874, London, England—died
June 14, 1936, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire), English critic and author of verse, essays, novels,
and short stories, known also for his exuberant personality and rotund figure. Chesterton was
educated at St. Paul's School and later studied art at the Slade School and literature at
University College, London. His writings to 1910 were of three kinds. First, his social criticism,
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