Geoffrey Chaucer
c. 1343 CE–c. 1400 CE · Poet · London
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet, author, and civil servant of the fourteenth century, remembered chiefly for The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by pilgrims journeying to Canterbury. Born into a London merchant family, he served in royal and aristocratic households, campaigned in France, undertook diplomatic missions to Italy, and held offices including Controller of Customs for the port of London and Clerk of the King's Works. Writing in the English vernacular rather than French or Latin, he also produced Troilus and Criseyde, The Book of the Duchess, and translations. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, in what became known as Poets' Corner.
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