Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:Person
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| gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:Inkling
gptkb:The_Illustrated_London_News gptkb:The_Daily_News |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:The_British_Book_Awards
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| gptkbp:born |
May 29, 1874
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| gptkbp:burial_place |
gptkb:Perivale_Cemetery
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| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:Mary_Frances_Chesterton
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| gptkbp:died |
June 14, 1936
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| gptkbp:famous_quote |
“ There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.”
“ The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.” “ An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered.” “ Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.” “ The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” “ The greatest poem is not that which is written, but that which is unwritten.” “ There is no such thing as an uninteresting subject, only an uninterested person.” “ The man who was Thursday is a story about a man who is a detective.” “ The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” “ The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware.” |
| gptkbp:full_name |
gptkb:Gilbert_Keith_Chesterton
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Chesterton
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:C._S._Lewis
gptkb:J._R._R._Tolkien |
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Thomas_Aquinas
gptkb:Charles_Dickens gptkb:William_Blake |
| gptkbp:known_for |
gptkb:detective_fiction
Christian apologetics social criticism |
| gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:British
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| gptkbp:notable_work |
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Was_Thursday
Orthodoxy Heretics The Everlasting Man |
| gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Christian_theology gptkb:Writer |
| gptkbp:spouse |
Frances Blogg
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:River_Cam
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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