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1) no one knows why he died.

2) He joined the army under the false name "Edgar A. Perry.''

3) He was only paid $9 for "The Raven."

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He was born Edgar Poe in Boston,Massachusetts, on January 19, 1809, the second child of English-born actress Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe and actor David Poe, Jr. He had an elder brother, William Henry Leonard Poe, and a younger sister, Rosalie Poe. Their grandfather, David Poe, Sr., had emigrated from Cavan, Ireland, to America around the year 1750.

The Allan family had Poe baptized in the Episcopal Church in 1812. John Allan alternately spoiled and aggressively disciplined his foster son. The family, including Poe and Allan's wife, Frances Valentine Allan, sailed to Britain in 1815. Poe attended the grammar school in Irvine, Scotland for a short period in 1815, before rejoining the family in London in 1816.

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Poe’s Works of Poetry & Fiction:

Poe’s Poems (“Alone,” “The Raven,” etc.)

Poe’s Tales (“The Fall of The House of Usher,” etc.)

Poe’s Works of Non-Fiction:

Poe’s Literary Criticism (Reviews and Notices)

Poe’s Essays, Sketches & Lectures (Eureka, “The Philosophy of Composition,” etc.)

Poe’s Miscellanea (“Marginalia,” “The Literati,” etc.)

Poe’s Letters (including letters from and to Poe, with a checklist)

Miscellaneous Documents and Manuscript Materia

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1809

Edgar Poe is born on January 19, in Boston.

Thomas Jefferson is President.

Abraham Lincoln is born on February 12, in Kentucky.

Charles Darwin is born on February 12, in England.

1810
1 year old

Edgar's parents separate. Elizabeth Poe takes the children.

1811
2 years old

Edgar's mother, Elizabeth dies.

Mr. and Mrs. John Allan adopt Edgar Poe.

1812
3 years old

The war of 1812 begins.

Charles Dickens is born on February 7, in England.

1813
4 years old

Lord Byron writes "The Giaour"

1814
5 years old

British forces burn Washington D.C. during the war of 1812.

George Stephenson designs the first flanged-wheel locomotive.

1815
6 years old

Edgar Allan goes to school in England.

Pirates help defeat the British at the Battle of New Orleans.

Napolean is defeated at Waterloo.

1816
7 years old

The year without a summer.

1817
8 years old

Henry David Thoreau is born on July 12, in Massachusetts.

Mississippi becomes the 20th State of the U.S.A. on December 10

1818
9 years old

Mary Shelley, 21, publishes "Frankenstein".

1819
10 years old

John Polidori, 24, publishes "The Vampyre".

Herman Melville is born in NYC. He later writes "Moby Dick" in 1851.

Walt Whitman is born on May 31, in Long Island.

Spain gives the territory of Florida to the United States.

1820
11 years old

Edgar returns to the United States and continues his schooling.

Florence Nightingale is born on May 12, in Italy.

1821
12 years old

Charles Baudelaire is born on April 9, in Paris.

Fyodor Dostoevsky is born on November 11, in Moscow.

1822
13 years old

Louis Pasteur is born on December 27, in France.

1823
14 years old

Edgar attends the academy of William Burke, succeeds in athletics.

1824
15 years old

One of the most interesting presidential elections in U.S. history

1825
16 years old

John Allan inherits a fortune when his uncle dies.

John Quincy Adams is President.

1826
17 years old

Edgar attends the University of Virginia, goes by "Edgar Poe".

James Fenimore Cooper, 37, writes "The Last of the Mohicans".

1827
18 years old

Poe drops out of school because John Allan won't give him any money.

Poe writes and prints his first book, "Tamerlane and other Poems".

Poe can't support himself so he joins the United States Army.

Ludwig Van Beethoven dies.

1828
19 years old

Edgar Poe does well in the Army, attains rank of sergeant major.

Jules Verne is born on February 8, in France.

Leo Tolstoy is born on September 9, in Russia.

Construction of the first U.S. railroad, the B&O, begins.

1829
20 years old

Mrs. Allan dies, Edgar returns home.

Poe and John Allan temporarily reconcile their differences.

Poe applies to West Point, John Allan sponsors him.

Andrew Jackson is President.

1830
21 years old

Emily Dickinson is born on December 10, in Massachusetts.

1831
22 years old

Poe deliberately gets kicked out of West Point.

1832
23 years old

Poe submits a number of stories to magazines. They are rejected.

Édouard Manet is born on January 23, in France.

1833
24 years old

Poe sends a desperate letter to John Allan asking for help, and is ignored.

Slavery is banned in Great Britain.

1834
25 years old

John Allan dies and leaves Edgar nothing in his will.

The Spanish Inquisition ends.

The Postage Stamp is invented in Great Britain.

1835
26 years old

Poe wins a contest for "The Manuscript Found in a Bottle".

Because of the contest, Poe finally gets a job.

Mark Twain is born on November 30, in Missouri.

1836
27 years old

Edgar Poe marries his cousin Virginia in May. She is 13.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, 33, publishes his first book, "Nature".

Battle of the Alamo.

1837
28 years old

Nathaniel Hawthorne, 33, publishes "Twice-Told Tales".

Charles Dickens, 25, begins writing "Oliver Twist".

1838
29 years old

Poe writes "Ligeia".

1839
30 years old

Poe writes "The Fall of the House of Usher".

"Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque", Poe's first volume of short
stories, is published. He receives no money from the publisher.

Louis Daguerre invents the daguerreotype and photography is born.

1840
31 years old

French sculptor, Auguste Rodin is born on November 12, in Paris.

French painter, Claude Monet is born on November 14, in Paris.

1841
32 years old

Poe writes "The Murders in the Rue Morgue".

1842
33 years old

Virginia Poe breaks a blood-vessel while playing the piano.

1843
34 years old

Poe wins a hundred dollar prize for "The Gold Bug".

1844
35 years old

Poe moves back to New York City.

Thousands were deceived by Poe's story, "The Balloon Hoax".

Poe writes "The Purloined Letter".

1845
36 years old

Poe writes "The Raven".

Poe was working 14 hour days but still couldn't make a living.

Florida becomes the 27th State of the U.S.A. on March 3

1846
37 years old

Poe writes "The Philosophy of Composition".

Poe sues another paper for libel and wins. The suit is settled for $225.00.

1847
38 years old

Poe's wife, Virginia, dies from tuberculosis on January 30.

Thomas Edison is born on February 11, in Ohio.

1848
39 years old

Poe writes "The Poetic Principle".

Karl Marx writes "The Communist Manifesto".

The California Gold Rush begins.

1849
40 years old

June 30 - Poe leaves NYC and visits John Sartain in Philadelphia.

July 13 - Poe goes to Richmond and stays at the Swan Tavern Hotel.

Poe joins the "Sons of Temperance" in an effort to stop drinking.

Poe lectures on "The Poetic Principle".

Sept 27 - Poe leaves Richmond and goes back to Philadelphia.

Sept 30 - Poe apparently gets on the wrong train and goes to Baltimore.

Oct 3 - Poe is found half conscious and is taken to a hospital.

Edgar Allan Poe dies on October 7, 1849.