'English Literature © Copyright Peter Crawford 2015 E N G LI S H L I T E R A T U R E © Copyright Peter Crawford 2015 Geoffrey Chaucer - (1343-1400) Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 25 October 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, alchemist and astronomer, composing a…
