FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Richmond, Virginia (USA)
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Paris, France
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London, England
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -His father John Chaucer (c. 1312–1366), was a vintner (a wine merchant), who had married Agnes Copton (d. 1381), perhaps in the early 1330s. It is likely that Geoffrey was born in Thames Street, in the Vintry ward (the wine merchants’ district) of London.
Detailed explanation-2: -Chaucer was buried in Westminster Abbey in London, as was his right owing to his status as a tenant of the Abbey’s close. In 1556, his remains were transferred to a more ornate tomb, making him the first writer interred in the area now known as Poets’ Corner.
Detailed explanation-3: -Geoffrey Chaucer, (born c. 1342/43, London?, England-died October 25, 1400, London), the outstanding English poet before Shakespeare and “the first finder of our language.” His The Canterbury Tales ranks as one of the greatest poetic works in English.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1385 Chaucer moved to Kent, which he represented as a Member of Parliament for three years. Although he fought as a soldier in France for Edward III and earned his living as a royal and civil servant, it is as a writer that Chaucer is known today.