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14th-century English writers

  • Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer was born in London, most likely in the early 1340s. Some accounts, including his monument, suggest he was born in 1343, though the precise…
  • John WycliffeJohn Wycliffe was born in the village of Hipswell, near Richmond in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England. Records suggest he was born in the mid-1320s…
  • John GowerJohn Gower lived from approximately 1330 until October 1408. Very few details exist about his birth or early family life.