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Oct 7, 1849, Death, After being found unconscious in a Baltimore gutter, Edgar Allan Poe is taken to the hospital and pronounced dead of causes still unknown. 

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Oct 7, 1849, Death, After being found unconscious in a Baltimore gutter, Edgar Allan Poe is taken to the hospital and pronounced dead of causes still unknown. 

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Aug 1849 , Poe travels to Richmond and convinces his childhood sweetheart, Elmira Royster Shelton, to become his fiancée. the next month, Poe travels to Baltimore.

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Aug 1849 , Poe travels to Richmond and convinces his childhood sweetheart, Elmira Royster Shelton, to become his fiancée. the next month, Poe travels to Baltimore.

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Nov 1848  , Poe proposes to a poet named Sarah Helen Whitman, who agrees on the condition that he quit drinking. Poe can't live up to the promise, and Whitman calls off the engagement a month later.

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Nov 1848  , Poe proposes to a poet named Sarah Helen Whitman, who agrees on the condition that he quit drinking. Poe can't live up to the promise, and Whitman calls off the engagement a month later.

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Jan 30, 1847 , Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx. The loss of his wife sends Poe into a downward spiral of alcoholism.

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Jan 30, 1847 , Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx. The loss of his wife sends Poe into a downward spiral of alcoholism.

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Jan 3, 1846 ,The Broadway Journal folds due to serious financial problems.

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Jan 3, 1846 ,The Broadway Journal folds due to serious financial problems.

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1845 , Poe publishes the poem , The Raven in the New York Evening Mirror. It is wildly successful, bringing the writer the fame and fortune that have long eluded him. He soon becomes editor and owner of a magazine called theBroadway Journal, a doomed enterprise that is already in debt when Poe takes over.

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1845 , Poe publishes the poem , The Raven in the New York Evening Mirror. It is wildly successful, bringing the writer the fame and fortune that have long eluded him. He soon becomes editor and owner of a magazine called theBroadway Journal, a doomed enterprise that is already in debt when Poe takes over.

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Apr 1844 , Poe, his wife, and her mother move to New York City, where he gets a job at the New York Evening Mirror.

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Apr 1844 , Poe, his wife, and her mother move to New York City, where he gets a job at the New York Evening Mirror.

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Nov 1843 , Poe begins delivering lectures on poetry. He is a popular lecturer, frequently speaking to packed audiences.

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Nov 1843 , Poe begins delivering lectures on poetry. He is a popular lecturer, frequently speaking to packed audiences.

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January 1842 , Virginia Poe bleeds from her mouth singing at the piano . A symptom from untreated tuberculosis, her illness grows progressively worse 

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January 1842 , Virginia Poe bleeds from her mouth singing at the piano . A symptom from untreated tuberculosis, her illness grows progressively worse 

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Apr 1841 , Poe gets hired at another magazine "Graham's Magazine", as an editor until May 1842. The magazine runs his short story "the murdere in the rue marquee ," the first ever entry in a genre now known as the detective story .

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Apr 1841 , Poe gets hired at another magazine "Graham's Magazine", as an editor until May 1842. The magazine runs his short story "the murdere in the rue marquee ," the first ever entry in a genre now known as the detective story .

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July 1839 , Poe is hired as an editor at Burtons gentleman's Magazine , a job he holds until June 1840

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July 1839 , Poe is hired as an editor at Burtons gentleman's Magazine , a job he holds until June 1840

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July 1838 , Poe's First novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gorden Pym, is pub

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July 1838 , Poe's First novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gorden Pym, is pub

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Edgar Allan Poe - Writer | Mini Bio | BIO

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Edgar Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston to Elizabeth Poe and David Poe

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Edgar Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston to Elizabeth Poe and David Poe

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His father abandoned their family in 1810,and his mother died a year later from consumption (pulmonary tuberculosis). 

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His father abandoned their family in 1810,and his mother died a year later from consumption (pulmonary tuberculosis). 

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December 8, 1811  , Elizabeth Poe and David Poe die of tuberculosis leaving the three children to be split apart . Edgar gets adopted by John and France's Allen , and adopt their foster families name . 

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December 8, 1811  , Elizabeth Poe and David Poe die of tuberculosis leaving the three children to be split apart . Edgar gets adopted by John and France's Allen , and adopt their foster families name . 

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November 1824 , A fifteen year old Edgar Allen Poe writes his first known poem : "Last night with many cares & toils oppress'do/weary , I laid me on a couch to rest "

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November 1824 , A fifteen year old Edgar Allen Poe writes his first known poem : "Last night with many cares & toils oppress'do/weary , I laid me on a couch to rest "

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February 14, 1826 , Poe enrolls midway through the academic year at the University of Virginia .

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February 14, 1826 , Poe enrolls midway through the academic year at the University of Virginia .

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May 26, 1827 , Poe enlists in the U.S. army under the name "Edgar A. Perry." Shortly after his first book, A poetry collection entitled Tamberlane and other poems , is published 

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May 26, 1827 , Poe enlists in the U.S. army under the name "Edgar A. Perry." Shortly after his first book, A poetry collection entitled Tamberlane and other poems , is published 

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1831 , Tired of the military , Poe successfully gets himself kicked out of the army . He then publishes several anonymous short stories plus another book of poems .

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1831 , Tired of the military , Poe successfully gets himself kicked out of the army . He then publishes several anonymous short stories plus another book of poems .

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May 16, 1836 , Poe now 27 marries his thirteen-year-old cousin , Virginia Clemm.

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May 16, 1836 , Poe now 27 marries his thirteen-year-old cousin , Virginia Clemm.

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February - April 1829 , Poes foster mother , whom he was really close with , dies in Richmond . Poe obtains leave from the army to be able to travel to her funeral .

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February - April 1829 , Poes foster mother , whom he was really close with , dies in Richmond . Poe obtains leave from the army to be able to travel to her funeral .