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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales. Sometimes called the father of English literature, Chaucer is credited by some scholars as the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular English language, rather than French or Latin. (Source.)

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14th century English poet and author

Born 1343
Died 25 October 1400

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  • Cover of: Lectures on the philosophy of freemasonry
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    Cover of edition canterburytalesw05chauuoft Cover of edition canterburytaleso03chaurich Cover of edition canterburytaleg00chauiala Cover of edition canterburytaleso00chauuoft Cover of edition canterburytalesw01chauuoft Cover of edition prologueknightes00chaurich Cover of edition chaucerscanterbu00chauuoft Cover of edition taleofmanoflawep00chauuoft Cover of edition canterburytalest01chauuoft First published in 1478 — 722 editions
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  • Cover of: Chaucer's Troylus and Cryseyde (from the Harl. ms. 3943) compared with Boccaccio's Filostrato
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    Cover of edition chaucerstroylus00rossgoog Cover of edition troiluscressida0000chau Cover of edition seventeenthcentu0000chau Cover of edition troiluscriseyde0000chau_r4a6 Cover of edition troiluscriseyde00chau Cover of edition troiluscriseyde0000chau Cover of edition troiluscressidac00chau Cover of edition troiluscressidac00chau Cover of edition troiluscressida0000chau_l7v8 First published in 1483 — 97 editions
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  • Cover of: The poetical works of Geoffrey Chaucer
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    Cover of edition poeticalworksofg01chau Cover of edition poeticalworksof00chau Cover of edition poeticalworksofg00chauiala Cover of edition poeticalworksgeo01chau Cover of edition poeticalworksofg01chauuoft Cover of edition poeticalworksofg00chau Cover of edition completeworksofg01chauuoft Cover of edition collegechaucer00chauuoft Cover of edition poeticalworksedi01chauuoft First published in 1800 — 86 editions
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  • Cover of: The works of Geoffrey Chaucer
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    Cover of edition worksofgeoffreyc0000chau Cover of edition worksofgeoffreyc0000chau_o7w0 Cover of edition worksofgeoffreyc00chau First published in 1721 — 32 editions
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  • Cover of: Chaucer
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    First published in 1888 — 20 editions
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  • Cover of: A treatise on the astrolabe
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    Cover of edition onastrol00chautreatiserich Cover of edition treatiseonastrol0000chau First published in 1870 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: The Pardoner's Tale (Classic Collection)
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    Cover of edition pardonerstale0000chau_o6k3 Cover of edition pardonerstale0000chau_k5i4 Cover of edition pardonerstale0000chau First published in 1924 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
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    Cover of edition completeworksge09skeagoog First published in 1894 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: The franklin's tale from the Canterbury tales
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    Cover of edition franklinstalefro0000chau_o3q7 Cover of edition franklinstale0000chau First published in 1960 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: The legend of good women
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    Cover of edition legendofgoodwome0000chau Cover of edition legendofgoodwome0000chau_x3g0 First published in 1889 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: The House of Fame. the Legend of Good Women. the Treatise on the Astrolabe. an Account of the Sources of the Canterbury Tales

    First published in 2015 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: A knight's tale
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    Cover of edition knightstale00chauiala Cover of edition aknightstale00chaugoog First published in 1903 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: The portable Chaucer
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    Cover of edition portablechaucer0000chau_h3t8 Cover of edition portablechaucer0000chau Cover of edition portablechaucer0000chau_k0v7 Cover of edition portablechaucer00chau First published in 1949 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: The prologue: from the Canterbury tales
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    Cover of edition prologue00morrgoog Cover of edition prologueknights00morrgoog Cover of edition prologue02chaugoog Cover of edition prologue00chaugoog Cover of edition prologueknights00skeagoog First published in 1882 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: The nun's priest's tale
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    First published in 1907 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Canterbury Tales

    First published in 1948 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: The Canterbury tales
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    Cover of edition bwb_P9-ARE-887 First published in 1867 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Works
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  • Cover of: The complete poetical works of Geoffrey Chaucer
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    Cover of edition completepoetica01mackgoog Cover of edition completepoetical00chaurich First published in 1912 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The student's Chaucer: being a complete edition of his works : Glossarial index
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    Cover of edition studentschaucer00chau Cover of edition studentschaucerb00chaurich Cover of edition studentschaucer00chaugoog First published in 1894 — 9 editions
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14th century English poet and author

Born 1343
Died 25 October 1400

Subjects

Poetry, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Medieval Tales, Chaucer, geoffrey, -1400, English poetry, Manuscripts, English literature, Fiction, Manuscripts, English (Middle), Textual Criticism, Troilus (Legendary character), Cressida (Fictitious character), Trojan War, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Facsimiles, Medieval Manuscripts, Criticism and interpretation, Storytelling, English language, Children's fiction, English Manuscripts, History and criticism, Middle English, Adaptations

Places

England, Canterbury, Troy (Extinct city), Canterbury (England), Cambridge, Great Britain, Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, Angleterre, Calcutta, California, Commonwealth countries, India, Jefferson, London, Mississippi, New York, New York (State), San Marino, Surrey, Turkey, Wales, Yoknapatawpha County

People

Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400), Geoffrey Chaucer (-1400), Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400), Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Blanche Duchess of Lancaster (1340 or 41-1369), Carleton Brown (1869-1941), Geoffrey Chaucer (d.1400), Mangan's sister, Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint, Walter W. Skeat (1835-1912), William Morris (1834-1896), Albert Taylor, Alfred Doolittle, Colonel Pickering, Colonel Sartoris, Donald C. Baker, Eliza Doolittle, Emily Grierson, F. J. Harvey Darton (1878-1936), Fortunato, Freddy Eynsford Hill, Frederick James Furnivall (1825-1910,), Galatea, Geoffrey Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer (m. 1400)

Time

Middle English, 1100-1500, 14th century, 19th century, Early modern, 1500-1700, 1912, Antebellum era, Carnival, The Middle Ages, The Trojan War, To 1500, c.800 B.C.

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Alternative names

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  • Geoffrey CHAUCER
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • Geoffry Chaucer
  • CHAUCER, GEOFFREY, D. 1400.
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  • Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
  • Chaucer.
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  • Chaucer;
  • Geoffrey Chaucer.
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  • Chaucer Geoffrey
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  • Geoffrey d. 1400 Criticism and Chaucer
  • Geoffrey. (Edited By Richard Morris) Chaucer
  • Chaucer; translated by Nevill Coghill
  • Chaucer (trans. Nevill coghill)
  • William - Editor ) Chaucer et al ( Frost
  • Chaucer, Edited by Ford, B
  • Geoffery (Ed by John Halverson) Chaucer
  • Geoffrey and R.M.Lumiansky (Trans) Chaucer
  • Geoffrey (translated By Nevill Coghill) Chaucer
  • trans CHAUCER (G).COGHILL (N)
  • CHAUCER
  • (CHAUCER).

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January 13, 2025 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
August 25, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
August 24, 2024 Edited by mheiman merge authors
July 29, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import