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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer Claimed

London

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Geoffrey Chaucer

was born around 1343 in London known as the Father of English Literature, and considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey. His ‘Canterbury Tales’ follows the Pilgrim’s Way from London to Canterbury. 

Major works

Translation of Roman de la Rose, possibly extant as The Romaunt of the Rose

The Book of the Duchess

The House of Fame

Anelida and Arcite

Parlement of Foules

Translation of BoethiusConsolation of Philosophy as Boece

Troilus and Criseyde

The Legend of Good Women

The Canterbury Tales

A Treatise on the Astrolabe

Short poems

An ABC

Chaucers Wordes unto Adam, His Owne Scriveyn

The Complaint unto Pity

The Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse

The Complaint of Mars

The Complaint of Venus

A Complaint to His Lady

The Former Age

Fortune

Gentilesse

Lak of Stedfastnesse

Lenvoy de Chaucer a Scogan

Lenvoy de Chaucer a Bukton

Proverbs

Balade to Rosemounde

Truth

Womanly Noblesse

He died 25 October 1400.

Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC born 18 August 1792 in Mayfair, London a Liberal politician who served twice as Prime

Type:
Famous Locals

Map Location

London