Belloc

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Balliol_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:The_Royal_Society_of_Literature
gptkb:The_Catholic_Literary_Association
gptkb:The_Oxford_Union
gptkb:The_Society_of_Authors
Catholicism
Distributism
gptkbp:awards Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Paris
gptkbp:born July 27, 1870
gptkbp:burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:died January 16, 1953
gptkbp:famousFor Literary criticism
Travel writing
Social philosophy
Political commentary
gptkbp:famousQuote "The man who is not a liberal at twenty is a fool, and the man who is not a conservative at forty is a knave."
"The first and most important thing to know about a man is what he believes."
"When you are in the right, you can afford to be generous."
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Hilaire_Belloc
gptkbp:genre poetry
biography
historical fiction
essay
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Belloc
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:C.S._Lewis
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:G.K._Chesterton
gptkbp:language English
French
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
Social theory
Political thought
British_literature
gptkbp:notableWorks The Four Men
The Servile State
The_Path_to_Rome
The_Great_Heresies
gptkbp:occupation poet
writer
historian
gptkbp:placeOfBirth La_Celle-Saint-Cloud,_France
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Guildford,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elodie_Belloc
gptkbp:website hilairebelloc.org