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1300's  Author of "[[Canterbury Tales]]".
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Geoffrey Chaucer (A.D. 1343–1400) was the father of English literature and the author of the [[Canterbury Tales]].  He was the first first author to raise vernacular English to the artistic level of French or Latin.
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His writings are in old English and challenging to understand today.  Here are some of his most famous quotations:
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"He was a veray parfit gentil knight." Canterbury Tales. Prologue, Line 72.
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"His studie was but litel on the Bible." Canterbury Tales. Prologue, Line 440.
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"For gold in phisike is a cordial; Therefore he loved gold in special." Canterbury Tales. Prologue, Line 445.
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"Nature, the vicar of the Almightie Lord." The Assembly of Fowles, Line 379.
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