Geoffrey Chaucer - Wikipedia 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 [1] He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry" [2]
Geoffrey Chaucer | Biography, Poems, Canterbury Tales . . . Geoffrey Chaucer, the outstanding English poet before Shakespeare His The Canterbury Tales ranks as one of the greatest poetic works in English He also contributed in the second half of the 14th century to the management of public affairs as courtier, diplomat, and civil servant
Life of Chaucer | Harvards Geoffrey Chaucer Website For a brief chronology of Chaucer's life and times, click here Geoffrey Chaucer led a busy official life, as an esquire of the royal court, as the comptroller of the customs for the port of London, as a participant in important diplomatic missions, and in a variety of other official duties
Geoffrey Chaucer - World History Encyclopedia Geoffrey Chaucer (l c 1343-1400 CE) was a medieval English poet, writer, and philosopher best known for his work The Canterbury Tales, a masterpiece of world literature
The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer is widely regarded as England’s greatest medieval poet and has been called the father of the English language Despite a great deal of scholarship, the exact details of Chaucer’s life are far from clear The following provides an introduction to some of the key known moments in Chaucer’s life Early Life
10 of the Best Works by Geoffrey Chaucer - Interesting Literature Here are ten of Chaucer’s best works 1 The Book of the Duchess Ne me nis nothing leef nor looth … We begin this pick of Chaucer’s best works with an early work from around 1370, when Chaucer was still probably only in his late twenties