10. Geoffrey Chaucer died in October, 1400. Where is he buried?
- St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury
- The Crypt of Canterbury Cathedral
- Potter's Field
- Westminster Abbey, London
The answer is d. Westminster Abbey.
The crypt was the site of the tomb of St. Thomas Á Becket from 1170 to 1220; St. Augustine's Abbey is so named because it was established by St. Augustine of Canterbury. Geoffrey Chaucer was too well-off to have been buried in obscurity in a Potter's Field.
About a year before he died, Chaucer took lodgings in a house in the garden of Westminster Abbey, having previously been Clerk of Works to the Palace of Westminster. His burial in the Abbey is considered a signal honor, and the area where he was buried has come to be known as Poets' Corner.
