Thomas Chaucer

Thomas Chaucer

male, deceased (1434)
From Wallingford, From Oxfordshire, Speaker of the British House of Commons, wallingford, High Sheriff of Berkshire, henry iv
Thomas Chaucer ("c." 1367-14 March, 1434), was the Speaker of the British House of Commons on three occasions and son of Geoffrey Chaucer and...
Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

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

Troilus

male
apollo, iliad, Trojans, Epic Cycle, Polyxena, Greek mythological…chaucer
In Greek mythology, Troilus is a Trojan prince and one of the many sons of Priam. In medieval and Renaissance versions of the legend of the Trojan...
Walter Raleigh

Walter Raleigh

male, deceased (1922)
Princeton University, Brown University, Litt.D., Doctor of Letters, princeton, brown…chaucer
Professor Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh (September 5, 1861 - May 13, 1922) was a Scottish scholar, poet and author. Raleigh was educated at the City...
Peter Ackroyd

Peter Ackroyd

male, 60 years old
Royal Society of Literature, the observer, London Psychogeographical Association, Psychogeographers, English historical novelist, double first…chaucer
Peter Ackroyd (born October 5 1949, London) is an English author. Ackroyd's mother worked in the personnel department of an engineering firm and...
James Brown

James Brown

male, deceased (1855)
British, American, wordsworth, chaucer, Publisher, Little, Brown and Company
James Brown (1800 - 1855) was an American publisher and co-founder of Little, Brown and Company. Brown was born in Acton, Massachusetts. He and...
Juan Ruiz

Juan Ruiz

male, deceased (1350)
poet, religion, alcala de henares, spanish, Al-andalus, priest…chaucer
Juan Ruiz was Archpriest of Hita, in Guadalajara, Spain, and is best known for his ribald, earthy poem, "Libro de buen amor" ("The Book of Good...

Richard Morris

male, deceased (1894)
Anglican priest, Early English Text Society, Anglican, English, Schoolteacher, Elementary Lessons in Historical English Grammar…chaucer
Richard Morris (September 8, 1833 - May 12, 1894), was an English philologist. Morris was born in London. In 1871 he was ordained in the Church of...

Cecilia

female, deceased (235)
patron saint, Bishop of Poitiers, church music, trastevere, saint cecilia, ancient roman…chaucer
Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians and Church music. Her feast day, celebrated both in the Catholic and Orthodox Church, is November...
Elaine Tuttle Hansen

Elaine Tuttle Hansen

female
Literature educator, Hamilton College faculty, Mount Holyoke College alumni, President of Bates College, University of Minnesota alumni, English…chaucer
Elaine Tuttle Hansen is the president of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, a position she has held since 2002. Hansen graduated "cum laude", Phi...