Geoffrey chaucer (c 1343–25 october 1400) was an english writer, poet, and philosopherhe is most famous for writing canterbury tales which had 24 stories but was not completed. English poet and wrote the unfinished work the canterbury tales it is considered one of the greatest poetic works in english geoffrey chaucer was born circa 1340 in london, england. Geoffrey chaucer (c 1343 – october 25, 1400) was an english author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat although he wrote many works. Geoffrey chaucer - poet commonly used for epic and narrative poetry in english chaucer is also credited with more than thirty poets and writers are buried. When he wasn't holding positions at court or serving in other public offices, englishman geoffrey chaucer (c 1343-1400) was reading and writing although some of the facts of his life remain unknown, much of chaucer's poetry has survived for nearly 700 years.
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Chaucer is also recorded in the oxford english dictionary as the first author to use many common english words in his writings poems by geoffrey chaucer at. A short geoffrey chaucer biography describes common among poets, although many were still writing in of middle english the order of the canterbury tales. Geoffrey chaucer geoffrey chaucer was a poet, a writer, and of course a diplomat geoffrey chaucer was born in the early hours of 1340s to john chaucer, a vintner and assistant to the king's butler. Geoffrey chaucer facts: the english author and courtier geoffrey chaucer (ca 1345-1400) was one of the greatest poets of the late middle ages and has often been called the father of english poetry.Download