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    Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, and bureaucrat considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was born in London and had a successful career as a diplomat and courtier in addition to his literary works. Chaucer is best known for his collection of stories The Canterbury Tales and was influential in establishing English as a legitimate literary language.

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    Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, and bureaucrat considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was born in London and had a successful career as a diplomat and courtier in addition to his literary works. Chaucer is best known for his collection of stories The Canterbury Tales and was influential in establishing English as a legitimate literary language.

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    Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, and bureaucrat considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was born in London and had a successful career as a diplomat and courtier in addition to his literary works. Chaucer is best known for his collection of stories The Canterbury Tales and was influential in establishing English as a legitimate literary language.

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    Biography of Geoffrey Chaucer

    Geoffrey Chaucer

    Portrait of Chaucer from the 17th century.
    Born
    c. 1343
    London, England
    Died 25 October 1400 (aged 5657)
    Resting
    place
    Westminster Abbey, London
    Occupation Author, poet, philosopher,bureaucrat, diplomat
    Spouse(s) Philippa Roet
    Children
    Elizabeth Chaucer
    Thomas Chaucer
    Parents John Chaucer
    Geoffrey Chaucer (/tsr/; c. 1343 25 October 1400), known as the Father of English
    literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first
    poet to be buried inPoet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his
    lifetime as an author, philosopher, alchemist and astronomer, composing a scientific treatise on
    the astrolabe for his ten year-old son Lewis, Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil
    service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Among his many works, which include The Book
    of the Duchess, the House of Fame, the Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde, he is
    best known today for The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer is a crucial figure in developing the
    legitimacy of the vernacular, Middle English, at a time when the dominant literary languages in
    England were French and Latin.

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