Geoffrey Chaucer Life & Works || By Dr. Anukriti Sharma

In this presentation, you will learn about Geoffrey Chaucer's Life & works. Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet and author. Widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages, he is best known for The Canterbury Tales.

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1. Geoffrey Chaucer’s Life & works 1340 – 25 October 1400) By- DR. Anukriti Sharma

2. Father of English Literature Geoffrey Chaucer, the first national poet of England, had the rare distinction of having lived through the reigns of three English monarchs. Geoffrey Chaucer widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages, he is best known for “The Canterbury Tales”. He has been called the "father of English literature" , or, alternatively, the " father of English poetry" . 

3. Chaucer’s travels exposed him to the work of authors such as Dante, Boccaccio and Froissart. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

4. Around 1366, Chaucer married Philippa Roet , a lady-in-waiting in the queen's household. Philippa's sister, Katherine Swynford , later became the third wife of John of Gaunt , the king's fourth son and Chaucer's patron. Katherine Swynford John of Gaunt Philippa Roet

5. In 1374, Chaucer was appointed comptroller of the lucrative London customs . In 1386, he was elected member of parliament for Kent , and he also served as a justice of the peace. In 1389, he was made clerk of the king's works, overseeing royal building projects. He held a number of other royal posts, serving both Edward III and his successor Richard II. Chaucer's first major work was 'The Book of the Duchess', an elegy for the first wife of his patron John of Gaunt. Chaucer’s Life

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7. In 1387, he began his most famous work, 'The Canterbury Tales', in which a diverse group of people recount stories to pass the time on a pilgrimage to Canterbury.

8. Geoffrey Chaucer died in 1400 Chaucer disappears from the historical record in 1400, and is thought to have died soon after. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, is a place of pilgrimage for literature lovers. More than 100 poets and writers are buried or have memorials here. Many of those buried or remembered in Poets' Corner are world-famous, like  William Shakespeare ,  Jane Austen , John Dryden, Matthew Prior   and   Charles Dickens .

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