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Who influenced G. K. Chesterton?

  • Thomas Aquinas

    Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church

    Influenced 24

    Influenced by 15

  • Edmund Burke

    Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 7

  • John Henry Newman

    English cleric, cardinal and saint (1801-1890)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Hilaire Belloc

    Franco-English writer (1870–1953)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 2

Who was influenced by G. K. Chesterton?

  • Mahatma Gandhi

    Indian independence activist (1869–1948)

    Influenced 17

    Influenced by 9

  • J. R. R. Tolkien

    British writer and philologist (1892–1973)

    Influenced 15

    Influenced by 9

  • Graham Greene

    British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)

    Influenced 14

    Influenced by 11

  • T. S. Eliot

    US-born British poet (1888–1965)

    Influenced 12

    Influenced by 28

  • C. S. Lewis

    British writer, lay theologian and scholar (1898–1963)

    Influenced 10

    Influenced by 20

  • Hannah Arendt

    German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

    Influenced 10

    Influenced by 22

  • Slavoj Žižek

    Slovenian philosopher (born 1949)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 22

  • Gene Wolfe

    American science fiction and fantasy writer

    Influenced 7

    Influenced by 20

  • Evelyn Waugh

    British writer and journalist (1903–1966)

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 1

  • Dorothy L. Sayers

    English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer (1893-1957)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 7

  • Aka Morchiladze

    Georgian writer

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 6

  • Hilaire Belloc

    Franco-English writer (1870–1953)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 2

  • Terry Pratchett

    English fantasy author (1948–2015)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 5

  • J. K. Rowling

    British author and philanthropist (born 1965)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 12