|Geoffrey Chaucer| | Short | |biography| | Life| | Education| | Works| |Urdu| | Explanation|

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• Geoffrey Chaucer was born in 14th century in London .
• He is known as the Father of English Literature.
• He was also called father of English poetry.
• He was the first poet who was buried in poet 's corner of Westminster Abbey.
• Chaucer is a crucial figure in developing the legitimacy of the vernacular , middle English , at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin.
• He achieved fame during his lifetime as an author , philosopher , alchemist and astronomer , composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten year old son Lewis . Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil services as a bureaucrat , courtier and diplomat .
• Among his many works , which include The book of the Duches, The house of fame , The legend of Good women , Troilus and Criseyde , he is best known today for the Canterbury Tales.
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