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Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1908.

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Poe's biological parents were Elizabeth Arnold Poe and David Poe. They were both traveling actors living in poverty. Within three years of Poe's birth, they had both passed away.

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Poe got the name "Allan" when he was adopted. 

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Poe got the name "Allan" when he was adopted. 

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Poe was taken in by a tobacco merchant , John Allan and his wife Frances Valentine Allan in Richmond, Virginia.

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Poe attended the University of Virginia in 1826.
Poe later dropped out of school and went into the Army under a different name. (Edgar A. Perry) He soon after rose to the rank of sergeant major.

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He enjoyed being in the military and enrolled at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He was later kicked out.

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After he left the army, he began to pursue writing. It was difficult for him and his first book titled Tamerlane and Other Poems.

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Poe married his cousin, Virginia in 1836 when she was only 13 years old. At the age of 24, Virginia passed away from tuberculosis.

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Once Poe had married Virginia, he started to publish several short stories. One of Poe’s most famous poems is called “The Fall of the House of Usher” (published in 1839 in Gentleman’s Magazine)

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One theory on what caused Poe’s death was political thugs. Since Poe was found semi-conscious on the street wearing unfit clothes in Baltimore near a voting stand. He was hospitalized before he passed away.

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One of his most successful and famous works, The Raven was written in 1845.

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In 1840, Poe published a collection of macabre (disturbing and gruesome ) stories. One of these stories that Poe also wrote the first detective story about Detective C. Auguste Dupin, which later influenced Arthur Conan Doyle to later write the iconic Sherlock Holmes’ character.