Mrs. Eddy Mentioned Them April 23, 1955 Issue

Geoffery Chaucer, 1340?-1400

[Mentioned in Science and Health, p. 82]

Chaucer, today acknowledged as the father of English poetry, was called by his contemporaries the "chief Poete of Britaine." The seven-line stanza, which he appropriated from the French and used so much, we know as the Chaucerian stanza. He was also the first English poet to employ the heroic meter of Italian masterpieces.

What schools he attended is not known. He must have learned French at home, for his father was a London vintner, and French was the international business language.

Old records give data concerning Chaucer's life, but his writings show the kind of man he was.

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