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 13 terms in this directory beginning with the letter S.
Serrahima, Maurici (1902-1979)
A writer and politician, founding member of Unió Democràtica de Catalunya (Democratic Union of Catalonia), he was one of the most prominent followers and promoters of Chesterton’s work in Catalonia, through his contributions to El Matí or the pages he dedicated to him in Coneixences (1976) or in the several volumes of the diary Del passat quan era present; under the pen name Ramon Setantí he published a selection of texts and study titled Chesterton.
Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950)
Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist; his influence on theatre, culture and Western politics lasted from the 1880’s to his death and beyond; the questioning of his ideas, like in the many public debates he attended, wasn’t at odds with his friendship; in 1909 Chesterton published the book George Bernard Shaw.
Shepherds Lane Cemetery
Cemetery in Beaconsfield (Buckinghamshire); Gilbert (1936), Frances (1938) and Dorothy Collins (1988) are all buried there, in the same tomb.
Sitges
In May 1935, Gilbert and Frances, while on their way to Florence (Italy), stopped to rest in this Mediterranean seaside town, 40 kilometres south of Barcelona; they stayed at the Hotel Subur, on the Passeig de la Ribera, where a monolith makes reference to it.
Slade School of Fine Art
Art school of University College London; Gilbert took his art studies there in the years 1893-1895.
Speaker, The
Former liberal weekly; purchased in 1899 by a group of young men, including Bentley, Oldershaw, Belloc and Eccles; J. L. Hammond was its director; Chesterton had already published some poems there, but with the new approach he started writing literary reviews and soon became the journal’s star.
St George’s Church
Anglican church located on Aubrey Walk (Campden Hill, Kensington, London); Gilbert was baptised there on 1 July 1874.
St James’s Park
Park located in Westminster (London) where Gilbert proposed to Frances in the summer of 1898.
St John’s Wood Art School
Private art school; located in St John’s Wood, a district in North London; Gilbert studied there for a few months in 1893.
St Mary Abbots
Anglican church located in Kensington (London); Gilbert and Frances were married there on 28 June 1901; their friend Conrad Noel officiated the ceremony.
St Paul’s School
School located in Hammersmith (London) where Gilbert took his secondary studies during the period 1887-1893.