Interesting Facts About Geoffrey Chaucer

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1. Geoffrey Chaucer 1. Wrote “The Canterbury Tales” (Hint: That’s what we’re studying) 2. Helped Middle English become accepted as everyday language 3. Worked as a translator of old literature 4. Served in the English Army during the Hundred Years War 5. Represented Kent as a Member of Parliament
2. Geoffrey Chaucer 6. Granted Comptroller (Accountant) of Customs of London (aka London’s version of Louie Goldstein) 7. Also practiced science, writing “Treatise on the Astrolabe 8. First poet buried in Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey 9. Appointed “deputy forester in the royal forest of North Petherton, Somerset” 10. As a recognition of his poetry, Edward III granted Chaucer "a gallon of wine daily for the rest of his life" (for a task unknown to history)