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Geoffrey Chaucer was English poet and writer (c. 1343–1400). Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet, writer and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the "father of English literature", or alternatively, the "father of English poetry". Read more on Wikipedia →

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