Geoffrey Chaucer (4) Poem by Sylvia Frances Chan

Still remember who he is?
In Geoffrey Chaucer Part 4
I am writing about the year 1300 - 1349

This is sequel 4 of Geoffrey Chaucer Part 3 He is a medieval English poet.
He is considered the most important author
of medieval English literature.

He was the creator of some of the most poetic works
in world literature.
AND without Geoffrey Chaucer, there would be no English Literature. I am telling here that English Literature started WITH him. He is called the father of English Literature.

We do not realize how important he is,
he is the key to English Literature.
So very simple:
No Chaucer, no English Literature.
Can YOU imagine that? We can read each other's poems,
because of Geoffrey Chaucer!

In addition to being an exceptionally gifted author and poet,
Chaucer had a busy public life
as a soldier,
courtier,
diplomat,
and civil servant,
serving a variety of public fun.

Their son John married Agnes Copton,
the niece of Hamo de Copton, the minter of the Tower of London.

When Hamo de Copton died in 1349 during a plague epidemic,
Agnes inherited all his possessions in London.

That same year, John Chaucer inherited all of his half-brother Thomas Heyron's possessions.

So Chaucer's parents owned a considerable amount of property in London and, like the rest of his family.
John Chaucer was a wine merchant.