Unlikely to appear on exam, but know that he is a contemporary of Chaucer's, and that Chaucer referred to him in Troilus and Criseyde.
Most famous work - Confessio Amantis. Written in English, collection of tales of courtly love. One of the stories served as a source for Shakespeare's Pericles, in which Gower appears as a character in the Chorus.
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