G.K. ChestertonGilbert Keith Chesterton born on 29 May 1874 was an English author, philosopher, lay scholar, and literary and art critic. He has been alluded to as the "prince of paradox", and created the fictional priest-detective Father Brown. Chesterton was bornin Kensington, London, the child of Edward Chesterton and Marie Louise Grosjean. He was baptized into the Church of England when he was one month old, however, his family was Unitarians. Chesterton was fascinated with art and had a desire to become an artist. He was a part of the Detection Club, a society of British mystery authors established by Anthony Berkeley in 1928. He was elected as the first president and served from 1930 to 1936. He wrote around 80 books, a few hundred poems, around 200 short stories, 4,000 essays, and many plays. His most popular character is Father Brown, who showed up just in short tales and novels. Chesterton's social and economic thoughts were essentially Christian and Catholic. Chesterton died from a congestive heart attack on 14 June 1936, aged 62. His final words were good morning greetings to his wife Frances. Pope Pius XI contributed to him as Knight Commander with the Star of the Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great.  Read More Read Less