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

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When Edgar Allen Poe was a child, he lost his mother to tuberculosis and his father left the family. He was adopted and lost his brother and sister.

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Poe's parents died almost at the same time. His mother died on December 8, 1811 and his father died on December 11, 1811.

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Edgar Allan Poe was originally, Edgar Poe. However, his foster parents had given him the name "Allan".

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Edgar Allan Poe attended West Point. While he was there, he was lacking in financial support. Therefore, he was forced out.

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Poe put his writing career into action by first starting with poetry, in which he made a collection of poems.

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This particular genre includes haunted homes, passionate love, death, ghosts, vampires, madness, and curses within families.

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There are 13 theories to how the famous Edgar Allen Poe died. These include suicide, rabies, cooping, and even murder.

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On every anniversary of Poe's death, his grave is visited by an anonymous man who leaves exactly three roses and a half-full bottle of cognac.

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Poe's story "Murders in the Rue Morgue." was the first of
the detective genre.

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Edgar Allan Poe Wall married Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe when he was 26 years old and when she was 13 years old. Virginia was Edgar's cousin she was the  daughter of his mother's sister. They were married for 11 years until her death in 1847 caused by tuberculosis.

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The first thing ever published by the famous writer was called Tamerlane and Other Poems. This piece of literature was published in May, 1826. However, the thing that contributed to his success and his fame is a poem he wrote and published called The Raven. This is now one of the most recognized and loved poems ever written.

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The reason Poe died is unknown but there is many theories, like the Alcohol theory, the cooping theory, suicide theory, syphilis theory, and the rabies theory.

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On October 7, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe passed away at the age of 40 in a hospital in Baltimore. The cause of death is still not certain.

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Edgar Allen Poe was buried at Westminster Hall of Burying Ground.

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