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Geoffrey Chaucer (1343?-1400), one of the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, was one of the most important influences on the development of English literature.
杰弗里·乔叟（1343-1400），英国最伟大的诗人之一，他的代表作《坎特伯雷故事集》对英国文学的发展产生了重要影响。
His life is known primarily through records pertaining to his career as a courtier and civil servant under the English kings Edward III and Richard II.The son of a prosperous London wine merchant, Chaucer may have attended the Latin grammar school of Saint Paul's Cathedral and may have studied law at the Inns of Court.
乔叟的一生主要是通过有关他在英国国王爱德华三世和理查德二世统治下的朝臣和公务员生涯的记录来了解的。乔叟是一位富裕的伦敦葡萄酒商人的儿子，他可能曾就读于圣保罗大教堂的拉丁语语法学校，可能曾在法院客栈学习法律。
In 1357 he was page to the countess of Ulster, Elizabeth, the wife of Prince Lionel, third son of Edward III; there, he would have learned the ways of the court and the use of arms.
1357年，他被任命为阿尔斯特伯爵夫人伊丽莎白，她是爱德华三世第三个儿子莱昂内尔王子的妻子；在那里，他将学会法庭的方式和武器的使用。
By 1367 Chaucer was an esquire to Edward. About 1366 he married Philippa Roet, a lady-in-waiting to the queen and afterward in the service of John of Gaunt, who was duke of Lancaster and Edward's fourth son.
到1367年，乔叟成了爱德华的绅士。大约1366年，他娶了菲利帕·罗特，一位等候女王的夫人，后来又为朗卡斯特公爵约翰和爱德华的第四个儿子服务。
The son of a prosperous London wine merchant, Chaucer may have attended the Latin grammar school of Saint Paul's Cathedral and may have studied law at the Inns of Court. In 1357 he was page to the countess of Ulster, Elizabeth, the wife of Prince Lionel, third son of Edward III; there, he would have learned the ways of the court and the use of arms. By 1367 Chaucer was an esquire to Edward. About 1366 he married Philippa Roet, a lady-in-waiting to the queen and afterward in the service of John of Gaunt, who was duke of Lancaster and Edward's fourth son. Chaucer served as controller of customs for London from 1374 to 1386 and clerk of the king's works from 1389 to 1391, in which post he was responsible for maintenance of royal buildings and parks. About 1386 Chaucer moved from London to a country residence (probably Greenwich), where in 1386 he was justice of the peace and representative to Parliament. He traveled on several diplomatic missions to France, one to Spain in 1366, and two to Italy from 1372 to 1373 and in 1378. In the last year of his life, Chaucer leased a house within the precincts of Westminster Abbey. After his death, he was buried in the Abbey (an honor for a commoner), in what has since become the Poets' Corner.
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