Glossary
The glossary includes essential terms related to the person, life, and work of Chesterton. For reasons of space it must inevitably be incomplete. It includes the most important people – family, friends, contemporaries and adversaries -, the most significant places – streets, neighborhoods, buildings, literary, cultural and religious associations – and the most important public activities – conferences, debates, meetings, congresses , election campaigns and travel.
There are currently 3 terms in this directory beginning with the letter O.
O’Connor, Fr. John (1870-1952)
The minister of St Anne’s Catholic Church (Keighley, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire), among other parishes; a personal friend of Gilbert and Frances; he was pivotal in Gilbert’s conversion to the Roman Church; he was the inspiration for the detective priest Father Brown, a literary character created by Chesterton.