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Circa 1390, Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer (c 1342-1400). English poet, soldier and diplomat 1360-70. Wrote 'The Canterbury Tales.' (Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images)

Circa 1390, Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer (c 1342-1400). English poet, soldier and diplomat 1360-70. Wrote 'The Canterbury Tales.' (Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images)