Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400) was buried in what is now the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey, but not because he had written Canterbury Tales. He was granted a plot for being “Clerk of Works” to the palace of Westminster.
Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400) was buried in what is now the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey, but not because he had written Canterbury Tales. He was granted a plot for being “Clerk of Works” to the palace of Westminster.