Geoffrey+Chaucer+-JH

**5 facts:** **He was a famous writer in the Midieval times of the middle ages. **   **He wrote The Book of Duchess. **   **The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories that he wrote. **   **He was called the father of English literature. **   **His name is French and means shoemaker. ** Summary: __Geoffrey Chaucer was a very famous English poet. He was before Shakespeare and wrote Canterbury Tales. He uses the tales and descriptions of its characters to paint a critical portait of English society at the time, and more so to the church. The question of Canterbury tales has not yet been answered. __
 * Geoffrey Chaucer **
 * Life span - around 1343 to 1400**
 * Location – London, England**