Geoffrey Chaucer
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Geoffrey Chaucer 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". He was the first writer to be buried in what has since come to be called Poets' Corner, in Westminster Abbey. Chaucer also gained fame as a philosopher and astronomer, composing the scientific A Treatise on the Astrolabe for his 10-year-old son, Lewis. He maintained a career in the civil serv
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English poet and author (c. 1340s – 1400)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Chaucer
date created:
2001-10-30T14:22:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T06:43:56Z
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