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Apr 27, 2022 · Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – October 25, 1400?) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales.
Oct 25, 2022 · English poet Geoffrey Chaucer died on this day in 1400. Known as the “father of English literature,” Chaucer was the first writer to be buried in Poets’ Corner of Westminster Abbey. He was born around 1343 in what was probably London, but not much is known about the early years of his life.
Oct 25, 2023 · On this day in 1400, poet Geoffrey Chaucer died in London, England. Known as the Father of English literature, Chaucer is often considered to be the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages.
When Geoffrey Chaucer was born in 1343, in London, England, his father, John le Chaucer, was 36 and his mother, Agnes Copton, was 26. He married Philippa de Roet in September 1366, in London, England, United Kingdom.
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Geoffrey Chaucer was a courtier serving the 14th century Plantagenet kings, and a poet widely considered the founder of English verse.
An unsourced profile of a daughter Agnes Chaucer was previously attached to this profile. The only possible source for her is the listing of an Agnes Chaucer as a "domicella" of the queen at the 1399 coronation of Henry IV. The actual record is not provided. "Agnes" was a family name in the Chaucer family and there is no link between this girl and ...
Gray, Douglas. "Chaucer, Geoffrey (C, 1349-1400)". Oxford DIctionary of National Biography. ODNBMatheson, Lister M. “Chaucer’s Ancestry: Historical and Philological Re-Assessments.” The Chaucer Review, vol. 25, no. 3, Penn State University Press, 1991, pp. 171–89, Chaucer ReviewAn earlier version of biography above was written by David Wright, a Gregory Fellow in Poetry at the University of Leeds, and translator of the Canterbury Tales for Oxford World Classics.
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Geoffrey Chaucer (⫽ ˈ tʃ ɔː s ər ⫽ CHAW-sər; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry".
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Geoffrey Chaucer. ?–1400. Geoffrey Chaucer was born between the years 1340-1345, the son of John and Agnes (de Copton) Chaucer. Chaucer was descended from two generations of wealthy vintners who had everything but a title and in 1357 Chaucer began pursuing a position at court.
