He was a poet who helped legitimize vernacular languages.
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he's known as the father of english prose. he pretty much introduced iambic pentameter. he wrote in frame story. his characters had distinct accounts. he wrote The Canterbury Tales.
No, Geoffrey Chaucer did not become a knight.
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No, Chaucer and other medieval people did not smoke tobacco.
Life was very hard when Chaucer was alive but at that time they spoke the old English language. When Chaucer was alive Charles Dickens was also alive. Chaucer name was french and Latin and he lived a life with his dad as a wine merchant and i am not so sure about his mother but i think that his mother must of died somehow i am not sure and i am not sure Chaucer and Dickens did not live at the same time. Chaucer was born c. 1343 and died in 1400. Charles Dickens was not born until 1812 and he died in 1870.
Probably the most famous poet and storyteller was Geoffrey Chaucer. There is a link below to an article on Chaucer.