Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400) was a poet, diplomat, and civil servant who is often called the Father of English Literature. Born into a prosperous wine merchant's family, he served in the courts of three English kings, traveled to Italy where he encountered the works of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, and held a dizzying variety of government posts—from customs controller to Clerk of the King's Works. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by The Canterbury Tales.