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G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born on May 29, 1874, in London and died June 14, 1936, in Beaconsfield, a suburb of London in Buckinghamshire. Chesterton was schooled at St. Paul's. He went on to study art at the Slade School and while there attended literature courses at University College. He did not take a degree.

After leaving the Slade, Chesterton worked at low-level jobs in publishing before finding regular work as a freelance journalist, principally with The Bookman as an art critic and..
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A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.
- G. K. Chesterton
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