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Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 14, 1809, in Boston Massachusetts.

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Edgar's father, Edward, abandons his family(1811)

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Edgar's father, Edward, abandons his family(1811)

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Edgar's father, Edward leaves young Edgar, his older brother, his younger sister, and Elizabeth.

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Soon after Edward left and Edgar was born Elizabeth, Edgar's mother, died.

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Soon after Edgar became an orphan, he was adopted into the Allan family giving Edgar his second last name. His relationship with his foster mother, Frances, was great as Frances was very kind to Edgar. On the other hand, John, Edgar's foster father, didn't think that Edgar appreciated what the Allan's were doing for Edgar so his relationship with John was very fragile.

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Since joining the Allan family he has gotten education from a near by school.

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While getting good education in his school, Edgar wrote his first poem when he was 15. Edgar's first poem was called the "Last Night".

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Edgar first attended college in 1826 at the University of Virginia. Edgar was not very excited nor motivated to attend college. Edgar describes his perspective as,  "where for 3 years I lead a very dissipated life - the college at that period being shamefully dissolute." This is an example of Edgar being very unorganized and confused. This led to Edgar creating a gambling problem and being an alcoholic.

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The Raven, his most well know book was a master piece of poetry and horror. The Raven was written in 1845 and most likely was the peak of Edgar's poetic career.

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Edgar Allan Poe died in 1849 and to this day his death is still a mystery. There are still many theories to this day about his demise.