Petrarch · Geoffrey Chaucer Were Petrarch and Geoffrey Chaucer alive at the same time? Yes. Petrarch and Geoffrey Chaucer were alive at the same time, from c. 1343 to 1374. PetrarchItalian scholar and poetBorn 20 July 1304 · died 19 July 1374, aged 69Geoffrey Chaucer14th century English poet and authorBorn c. 1343 · died c. 1400 Marco PoloDante AlighieriIbn BattutaPetrarchHafezIbn KhaldunTimurGeoffrey Chaucer Petrarch and Geoffrey Chaucer in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.