May 29, 1874–June 14, 1936

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) was an immensely prolific English writer, poet, and journalist.

A convert to Roman Catholicism, he is best known for his influ­ential works in apologetics, such as Orthodoxy, Heretics, and The Everlasting Man; his literary studies of Charles Dickens and Robert Browning; his highly entertaining and spiritually edifying novels, such as Manalive and The Man Who Was Thursday; and his ingenious Father Brown detective stories.