G.K. Chesterton

1874 - 1936

G.K. Chesterton was an English poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, literary and art critics, biographer, and writer. Chesterton wrote about several hundred poems, 200 short stories, 4000 essays, several plays, and 80 books. He was a columnist for his own paper entitled G.K.'s Weekly. His character Father Brown is his most well-known character and only appears in his short stories. His best-known novel is The Man Who Was Thursday.