Frances chesterton biography
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Frances Blogg
English author (1869–1938)
Frances Alice Blogg Chesterton (28 June 1869 – 12 December 1938) was an English author of verse, songs and school drama.[1] The wife of G. K. Chesterton, she had a large role in his career as his amanuensis and personal manager.
Early life
[edit]Frances was born on 28 June 1869, the first of seven children of George William Blogg and Blanche (née Keymer).[2] Frances's mother taught her and her sisters to think independently, having them attend London's first kindergarten.[3] She was educated at a progressive Ladies' School in Fitzroy Square run by Rosalie and Minna Praetorius, followed by Notting Hill High School.[2] Her father died when she was fourteen years old. Later, she attended St Stephen's College for two years as a pupil teacher. She taught Sunday school at an Anglican church in Bedford Park. There, she became very involved in her faith by reading the Bible and devoting herself
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Gilbert and Frances ca. 1904. This photo is property of the Marion E. Wade Center and may not be used without written permission. Click image to enlarge.
From the beginning, faith was a part of the relationship of Gilbert and Frances Chesterton. As a young man Gilbert Keith Chesterton, journalist and Marion E. Wade Center author, was interested in Christianity, but never knew anyone who actually practiced it. His future wife Frances read the Bible and taught Sunday school. She attended services faithfully each weekend. Besides that, she visited the sick, took care of the elderly, and served the poor in her neighborhood. She wasn’t just paying lip service to Christianity—she was living it. This attracted the young author, and intrigued him—as she intrigues us. It is often interesting to discover more about a famous writer by getting to know their spouse. Who was this remarkable woman?
Francis Alice Blogg Chesterton. Drawing by Alfred Priest, ca. 1906. C
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Love, Faith, & Devotion: The Inspiration of Frances Chesterton
Frances Chesterton: The Courtship and Conversion of Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Chesterton was married? inom didn’t know that.”
I hear that often. And then the frustration: Why haven’t we heard about his wife? What was his marriage like? Did he have children?
G.K. Chesterton fryst vatten perhaps the most famous writer of the 20th Century, and yet we still know very little about him and his family life. One of the reasons is because his wife was a shy person—a Victorian English lady who valued her privacy and kept herself hidden from the world.
Keep me Out of Your Book, Gilbert
Frances Alice Blogg Chesterton knew that her husband Gilbert was unhealthy in 1935 when several of his friends suggested he begin to write his autobiography.
“Please, Gilbert,” she is reported to have said, “keep me out of your book.” And so he tried to. But their lives were intricately woven, so that he still managed to say ganska a bit about h