Holinshed's Chronicles

John Gower

Also known as: Gower / Iohn Gower · Role: poet · First appears: Henry IV 29

Life events

  • 1402 · John Gower died shortly after Geoffrey Chaucer.(Henry IV 29)
    • “Gower departed this life shortlie after the deceasse of his déere and louing freend Chaucer; to wit, in the yeare 1402”

Henry IV 29

  • friends with Geoffrey Chaucer “applieng his indeuor with Chaucer, to garnish the English toong,”

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