Geoffrey Chaucer
c. 1343 – 25 October 1400
English poet and civil servant, author of The Canterbury Tales and often called the father of English literature.
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Began writing The Canterbury Tales
c. 1387
The unfinished collection of pilgrims' stories became the defining work of Middle English literature.
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