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Poet Geoffrey Chaucer was born circa 1340 in London, England.
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In 1357 he became a public servant to Countess Elizabeth of Ulster and continued in that capacity with the British court throughout his lifetime.
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From 1370 to 1373, he went abroad again and fulfilled diplomatic missions in Florence and Genoa, helping establish an English port in Genoa.
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The Canterbury Tales is a colecction of 24 tales which are written in english between 1387-1400.
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He died October 25, 1400 in London, England, and was the first to be buried in Westminster Abbey’s Poet’s Corner.
