Edgar Allan Poe
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Born in Boston on January 19, 1809
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Parents- David and Elizabeth Poe
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His parents had three children: Henry, Edgar
and Rosalie
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When Edgar was 2 his mother died in 1811
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She was separated from David and the
children lived with her
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Henry went to live with his grandparents
and Edgar was adopted by the Allans
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Rosalie was adopted by another family
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Edgar grew up in a good environment, he
went to a good school
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When Edgar turned six, he went to a
school in England for five years
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In 1826 he went to the University of
Virginia
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Edgar started forming a drinking habit,
and he slipped into debt, and soon after he had to quit school due to those
financial problems
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Joined the U.S. army in 1827
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Gained the rank of sergeant major
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In 1829 Mrs. Allan died
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In 1831 he went to New York city and had
some poetry published
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John Allan died in 1834 and did not put
Edgar in his will
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Edgar got a job as editor of a newspaper
in 1835
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In 1836 he married his cousin Virginia,
he was 27 and she was 13
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Edgar went to New York in 1837 and wrote
“The Narrative of Author Gordon Pym.”
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Moved to Philadelphia in 1838
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This is where he wrote “Ligeia” and “The Haunted Palace”
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“Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque”
was published in 1839
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Won 100 dollars for his story “The
Golden Bug”
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In 1845 he became an editor at the Broadway
Journal
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One year after this the business died
out and he was out of work again
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Virginia died in 1847 10 days after his
birthday
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In 1849 he planned to marry Sarah
Royster Shelton
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On October 3rd he was found
and taken to the hospital
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Edgar died in the hospital on October 7,
1849
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