Answer: geoffreychaucer

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GEOFFREYCHAUCEROf Caunterbury som tales dide he tellen - Ne spelling noght as now we wolden spellen.
GEOFFREYCHAUCERPrecursor of Shakespeare.
GEOFFREYCHAUCERTabard Inn chronicler
GEOFFREYCHAUCERHe wrote "The House of Fame"
GEOFFREYCHAUCERAuthor, 1340-1400