died in 1377, and for King Richard II (1367–1400). Thus he became the first writer to be buried in the Poet’s Corner. It was during these years that Chaucer began working on his most famous text, The Canterbury Tales. It is better to understand realistic literature before discussing Geoffrey Chaucer realism in “Canterbury Tales”. He had four children: Thomas Chaucer, born 1369, Speaker of the House of Commons, who married Maud de Burghersh; Lewis Chaucer, who died young and to whom his father dedicated "Treatise on the Astrolabe"; Elizabeth, who entered a convent; and Agnes Chaucer, lady-in-waiting at the coronation of her cousin-by-marriage, … Chaucer survived the Black Death of 1348 and all subsequent waves of plague which were always harder on the young, as reported by chronicles of the time. Poets like Chaucer knew how to present reality in poetry. That Chaucer was buried in Westminster Abbey was due primarily to the fact that his last residence was on the abbey grounds. Geoffrey and John's wives, Philippa and Katherine de Roet, were sisters.

Chaucer was probably born sometime between 1340 and 1345.

The very oldest is probably MS Peniarth 392 D (called " Hengwrt "), written by a scribe shortly after Chaucer's death. In 1386, Chaucer became Controller of Customs and Justice of Peace and, in 1389, Clerk of the King's work. Chaucer's mother is thought to have been Agnes de Copton and his father was called John. The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400.

From the plaque on his grave, we know that Geoffrey Chaucer died on 25 October 1400. He was buried at West Minister’s Abbey, a rare honor for a commoner. Most smaller waves arose in … No one knows the exact date of Chaucer's birth. 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. Geoffrey Chaucer sums up the character of “The Wife of Bath” in “Prologue to the Canterbury Tales” with the summary that that she knows how to dance. Geoffrey Chaucer does not stop himself describing broad hips of “The Wife of Bath” which were covered with a mantle (a type of garment). Many of the men running the post-plague administration, such as the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, were drawn from English merchant families, some of which gained significant political power.