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Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts.

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When Poe was three his father had abandoned his family, and his mother died from tuberculosis in Richmond, Virginia.

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No one in Poe's family had a middle name. It was kind of like a tradition. He then recieved the name Allen because of his foster parents. He was finally given the name at his christening on January 7, 1812 three years after being born.

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Poe attended West Point, a famous military high school. Although he got expelled from all of his classes.

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Poe married his thirteen year old cousin Virginia Clemm. She ended up dying of tuberculosis at the age of 24

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Poe's first published book was "Tamerlane and Other Poems", which was published in 1827. This novel is about Tamerlane, a warlord, who ignores his love for a peasant named "Ada". On his deathbed, Tamerlane starts to regret exchanging a kingdom for a broken heart. The poems in this novel was largely inspired by Lord Byron.

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Edgar Allan Poe was famous for his tales and poems of horror and mystery, including "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Raven," and "Annabel Lee"

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Poe died on October 7 ,1849 in front of Church Home and Hospital. There are many theories circulating on how Poe died, from  alcohol to rabies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4LhLq3xNXI

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Poe was soon buried on October 9, 1849, Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, Baltimore, MD

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The main event that inspired his writing was the death of his beloved parents Eliza and David Poe, three years after Edgar Allen's birth. His mother died of tiberculosis on December 8, 1811 . His father abadoned his family and eventually died around the same time his wife passed.

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Poe was a struggling writer who submitted his poems and writing to multiple magazines. They rejected all of them he would then ask for help from a man named John Allen who died 3 years later after Edgar Allen Poe's letter for help. Soon Poe finally got a job as an editor for a newspaper. He would soon leave and begin his writing career

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After his death, there were many theories that were made of what caused it. Five of the thirteen theories that were developed are:
-Delirium Tremens
-Beating
-Dipsomania
-Toxic Disorder
-Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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On October 3, 1849, Dr. Joseph E. Snodgrass received the following note:

Baltimore City, Oct. 3, 1849
Dear Sir,

There is a gentleman, rather the worse for wear, at Ryan's 4th ward polls, who goes under the cognomen of Edgar A. Poe, and who appears in great distress, & he says he is acquainted with you, he is in need of immediate assistance.

Yours, in haste,
JOS. W. WALKER
To Dr. J.E. Snodgrass.

This is the first verifiable evidence available of Poe's whereabouts since departing Richmond in the early morning of September 27. His intended destination had been Philadelphia, where he was to edit a volume of poetry for Mrs. St. Leon Loud. Dr. Snodgrass found Poe semiconscious and dressed in cheap, ill-fitting clothes so unlike Poe's usual mode of dress that many believe that Poe's own clothing had been stolen. Poe was taken to Washington College Hospital on the afternoon of October 3 and did not regain consciousness until the next morning. For days he passed from delirium to unconsciousness, but never recovered well enough to tell how he had arrived in such a condition. For no known reason he started calling loudly for "Reynolds" on the fourth night.

In the early morning hours of October 7, Poe calmly breathed a simple prayer, "Lord, help my poor soul," and died. His cause of death was ascribed to "congestion of the brain." No autopsy was performed, and the author was buried two days later. In dying under such mysterious circumstances, the father of the detective story has left us with a real-life mystery which Poe scholars, medical professionals, and others have been trying to solve for over 150 years.

The following is a bibliography of some of the theories of Poe's cause of death that have been published over the years:

Beating (1857)
The United States Magazine Vol.II (1857): 268.

Epilepsy (1875)
Scribner's Monthly Vo1. 10 (1875): 691.

Dipsomania (1921)
Robertson, John W. Edgar A. Poe A Study. Brough, 1921: 134, 379.

Heart (1926)
Allan, Hervey. Israfel. Doubleday, 1926: Chapt. XXVII, 670.

Toxic Disorder (1970)
Studia Philo1ogica Vol. 16 (1970): 41-42.

Hypoglycemia (1979)
Artes Literatus (1979) Vol. 5: 7-19.

Diabetes (1977)
Sinclair, David. Edgar Allan Poe. Roman & Litt1efield, 1977: 151-152.

Alcohol Dehydrogenase (1984)
Arno Karlen. Napo1eon's Glands. Little Brown, 1984: 92.

Porphryia (1989)
JMAMA Feb. 10, 1989: 863-864.

Delerium Tremens (1992)
Meyers, Jeffrey. Edgar A1lan Poe. Charles Scribner, 1992: 255.

Rabies (1996)
Maryland Medical Journal Sept. 1996: 765-769.

Heart (1997)
Scientific Sleuthing Review Summer 1997: 1-4.

Murder (1998)
Walsh, John E., Midnight Dreary. Rutgers Univ. Press, 1998: 119-120.

Epilepsy (1999)
Archives of Neurology June 1999: 646, 740.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (1999)
Albert Donnay

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Poe's Death | Edgar Allan Poe Museum | Richmond, VA

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On October 3, 1849, Dr. Joseph E. Snodgrass received the following note: Baltimore City, Oct. 3, 1849 Dear Sir, There is a gentleman, rather the worse for wear, at Ryan's 4th ward polls, who goes under the cognomen of Edgar A.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-387NMCR6w

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Edgar Allan Poe - Writer | Mini Bio | BIO

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Gothic Literature is made up of gloomy, dark settings. This includes castle and monestaries. It also includes supernatural monsters. It is all about evilness, death, and dispare.

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The Murders of Rue Morgue was the first of detective stories, it inspired later stories like Sherlock Holmes. The story starts when a woman and her daughter are murdered. An investigation takes place where the main detective concludes that it is impossible for a human to kill them with the clues provided. Therefore, he deducted that the "Ourang-Outang" (Orangutan) committed the two murders. He later sold the ape when released from custody.

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The poe toaster is a person  who has "toasted" Edgar Allen Poe on his birthday for decades. Each time the shadowy figure, the poe toaster, would visit Poe's grave, he would make a toast to Poe's memory with a glass of cognac.