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Just days after Poe's death, his literary rival by the name of Rufus Griswold. Griswold took the opportunity to write obituary of Poe in an attempted at revenge for the offensive things Poe had said and written about him.

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Edgar Allan Poe was buried twice he was first buried in Westminster Hall.
He then was buried in Baltimore, Maryland.
Poe's cat died right after or right before Poe died. Poe's wife was buried next to him 40 years after she had died.

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In 1842, Edgar's wife caught tuberculosis, the dreaded disease that already claimed his mother, brother, and foster mother.

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Some of Edgar Allan Poe's quotes."All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." "Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."
" With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion."

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He had other jobs like being an editor for magazines. Which were by companies like  the Southern Literary Messenger. He also was an editor at The Broadway Journal.

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It sold over 300,000 copies

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Poe wasn't a very popular and successive writer when he started.  Edgar struggled a lot because since he wasn't very successive he didn't get paid a lot. So he really stressed to take care of himself and his wife. sometimes he would only sell 10 to 25 copies.

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Edgar's resting place was originally in Westminster Hall, but it was switched to Baltimore, Marryland.

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It's a media used to refer to someone unidentified.

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Though most of his work was barely known in the 1800s, today, it's known as some of the most famous such as "The City in The Sea" and "The Gold Bug".

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He was married to Virginia, which also they were first cousins and publicly married her when she was only 13 and he was 27. Virginia had eventually died from getting sick And during his, childhood when he was only six he was sent to school in England for five years. He learned Latin, French, math, and history.

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His first really big story was “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” came out sometime in 1840, It was the first big mystery novel. it later inspired many famous mystery novels and characters like Sherlock Holmes. He also made a lot of other big ones like "The Raven", "The Fall of the House of Usher", and " The Tell-tale Heart."

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Their were a lot of speculations of his death and still to this day it is unknown how he died. One of the theories were that he drank to much so he died of alcoholism. Another one was that he could have been mugged. And could have gotten rabies. They are many more theories on his death , but this is just some of them.

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His adoptive parents added in "Allan to his name."

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He was sent to a military school "West Point" and while he was there he didn't follow the rules and ignored his duties. Some people think he did this to get out of the school. However he didn't stay long because John Allan refused to send him money

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Many theories have been made of what caused the death of Edgar, none are official nor confirmed.

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Edgar Allen Poe's parents died when he was only 3 years old. He was took in by a family with the name of Allen that is how he got his middle name.

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Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts. January 19,1809 and died in October 7, 1849.