When Was Chaucer Born?
Geoffrey Chaucer, (Born C. 1342/43, London? , England—Died October 25, 1400, London), the Outstanding English Poet Before Shakespeare and “The First Finder of...
Geoffrey Chaucer, (born c. 1342/43, London?, England—died October 25, 1400, London), the outstanding English poet before Shakespeare and “the first finder of our language.” His The Canterbury Tales ranks as one of the greatest poetic works in English.
Who did Chaucer marry?
Around 1366, Chaucer married Philippa Roet, a lady-in-waiting in the queen's household. They are thought to have had three or four children.
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Why don't we know when Chaucer was born?
We don't know when Chaucer was born, but a document dating to 1386 describes him as 'forty and more', so his date of birth was probably in the early 1340s. He was born into a prosperous merchant family in London. His father John Chaucer (c. 1312–1366), was a vintner (a wine merchant), who had married Agnes Copton (d.
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