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The Connections of Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400) Every person recorded alongside Geoffrey Chaucer in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Geoffrey Chaucer in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- John Chaucer, Agnes Copton
- Spouses
- Philippa Roet
- Children
- Thomas Chaucer, Elizabeth Chaucer, Lewis Chaucer
- Influenced
- Walter Scott
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1343 to 1400.
Medieval era
Timur
April 9, 1336 – February 19, 1405
The founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405)
Medieval era
Henry V of England
September 16, 1386 – August 31, 1422
King of England from 1413 to 1422
Medieval era
Sejong the Great
April 10, 1397 – February 17, 1450
Fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
Medieval era
Hongwu Emperor
October 29, 1328 – June 24, 1398
Founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398
Medieval era
Pachacuti
1380 – 1460
11th Inca Emperor
Medieval era
Johannes Gutenberg
1400 – February 3, 1468
Inventor of movable-type printing, the engine of the modern mind
Medieval era
Hafez
1326 – 1389
Persian poet and mystic (1325–1389)
Medieval era
Ibn Khaldun
May 27, 1332 – March 17, 1406
Historiographer and historian
Medieval era
Petrarch
July 19, 1304 – July 18, 1374
Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)
Medieval era
Giovanni Boccaccio
June 16, 1313 – September 21, 1375
Italian author and poet (1313–1375)
Medieval era
Donatello
1386 – December 13, 1466
Early Renaissance Italian sculptor (1386–1466)
Medieval era
Jan van Eyck
1390 – July 9, 1441
Flemish painter (c.1390–1441)