Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1342/43–1400) was an English poet, writer, and civil servant best known for his masterpiece The Canterbury Tales, a collection of 24 stories told by pilgrims traveling to Canterbury. Called the 'father of English literature,' he was the outstanding English poet before William Shakespeare and the first writer to be buried in Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey.

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