<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Elizabeth Chaucer </Li> <Li> Thomas Chaucer </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> Elizabeth Chaucer </Li> <Li> Thomas Chaucer </Li> </Ul> <P> Geoffrey Chaucer (/ ˈtʃɔːsər /; c. 1343--25 October 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages . He was the first poet to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey . </P> <P> While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, and astronomer, composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten - year - old son Lewis, Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat . Among his many works are The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde . He is best known today for The Canterbury Tales . </P>

Who is known as father of english literature