Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

male, deceased (1400)
from the City of London, buried at Westminster Abbey, author, bureaucracy, English, Civil Servant…Middle English, MiddleEnglishpoet, english poetry, english literature, English Poets Laureate
Geoffrey Chaucer -- courtier, diplomat, and poet -- is arguably one of the most important figures in English literature. His philosophically...

William Langland

male, deceased (1386)
Old Elizabethan, From Malvern, herefordshire, MiddleEnglishpoet, author, villon…English, poet
William Langland is the conjectured author of the 14th-century English dream-vision Piers Plowman. The attribution of "Piers" to Langland rests...
John Gower

John Gower

male, deceased (1408)
Mirroir de l'Omme, Speculum Meditantis, MiddleEnglishpoet, Medieval poet, Confessio Amantis, Vox Clamantis…poet
John Gower was an English poet, a contemporary of William Langland and a personal friend of Geoffrey Chaucer. He is remembered primarily for three...
Thomas Usk

Thomas Usk

male, deceased (1388)
executed under the Plantagenets, Troilus, Parliament of England, allegorical, lollard, Richard II…MiddleEnglishpoet, English
Thomas Usk (died March 4, 1388) was appointed the under-sheriff of London by Richard II in 1387. Born in London, he is the author of "The Testament...

William Of Nassyngton

male
14th century, poem, MiddleEnglishpoet, Medieval writer, Middle English, Speculum Vitae
William of Nassyngton is believed to be the author of the middle English poem, "Speculum Vitae" written in the mid to late 14th century.