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[[Image:Chaucer.jpg|right|200px|Geoffrey Chaucer]]

[[Image:Chaucer.jpg|right|200px|Geoffrey Chaucer]]

'''Geoffrey Chaucer''' (A.D. 1343–1400) was the father of English [[literature]] and the author of ''The [[Canterbury Tales]]''.  He was the first author to raise vernacular [[English]] to the artistic level of [[French]] or [[Latin]].

'''Geoffrey Chaucer''' (1343–1400) was the father of English [[literature]] and the author of ''The [[Canterbury Tales]]''.  He was the first author to raise vernacular [[English]] to the artistic level of [[French]] or [[Latin]].

His writings are in [[Middle English]], which is so different from modern English that they are usually read in modern English translation.

His writings are in [[Middle English]], which is so different from modern English that they are usually read in modern English translation.

*"Nature, the vicaire of thalmighty lorde" (''The Parliament of Fowls'', line 379)

*"Nature, the vicaire of thalmighty lorde" (''The Parliament of Fowls'', line 379)

[[Category:Authors|Chaucer, Geoffrey]]

[[Category:Poets|Chaucer, Geoffrey]]

[[Category:British Authors]]

[[Category:British Poets]]