Chaucer also gained fame as a philosopher and astronomer, composing the scientific A Treatise on the Astrolabe for his ten-year-old son, Lewis. He maintained a career in public service as a …

Dec 27, 2025 · Geoffrey Chaucer (born c. 1342/43, London?, England—died October 25, 1400, London) was the outstanding English poet before William Shakespeare and “the first finder of …

For a brief chronology of Chaucer's life and times, click here. Geoffrey Chaucer led a busy official life, as an esquire of the royal court, as the comptroller of the customs for the port of London, …

Apr 29, 2019 · Geoffrey Chaucer (lived circa 1343 to 1400 CE) was a medieval English poet, writer, and philosopher best known for his work The Canterbury Tales, a masterpiece of world …

Chaucer died in 1400, perhaps in his new home at Westminster, leaving his greatest work The Canterbury Tales unfinished. The Tales begin in The Tabard Inn in Southwark.

Dec 17, 2024 · This authoritative edition of the complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer presents Chaucer's works for a new generation of students, and for a wide range of general readers. It …

They are mostly in verse, and are presented as part of a fictional storytelling contest held by a group of pilgrims travelling from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas …

Apr 2, 2014 · English poet Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the unfinished work, 'The Canterbury Tales.' It is considered one of the greatest poetic works in English.

The Physician's Tale The Pardoner's Tale The Shipman's Tale The Shipman-Prioress Link The Prioress' Tale The Tale of Sir Thopas The Tale of Melibee (You can also view a Modern …

Chaucer: Illustration from Cassell's History of England, circa 1902. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – October 25, 1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat (courtier), and …