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Edgar Poe was born January 19th 1809. He was born in Boston Massachusetts.

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Edgar Allan Poe's father left him and that made Edgars mother to raise of fend for their 3 children. His mother Eliza had tuberculosis. She died on December 8th.

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Many, many people think they know how he died. Everybody probably dosn't know and there are many ways and possibilities on how he died.

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Poe married a girl named Virginia. She was 13 & he was 27. Virginia eventually ended up getting sick and she eventually died in 1847. Virginia was 24 years old when she died.

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Poe got the name "Allan" after he was taken in by John and Frances Allan at the age of 2. He never took the last name and became Edgar Allan Poe.

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In 1845 Edgar made his most famous Poem called "The Raven". His poem made him into a celebrity.

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• That he had killed himself
• Murdered
• Cholera
• Hypoglycemia
• Rabies
• Syphilis
• Influenza
• Brain tumor
• Poe was a victim of cooping

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Murders in Rue Morgue was considered as one of the first detective stories. It was made in 1841

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What Military School He Went to and What Happened There

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What Military School He Went to and What Happened There

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Poe went to West Point in Boston. He did run into financial issues, and was court marshalled for extreme dereliction of duty.

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How He Started His Career & His Prime Years In Writing 

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How He Started His Career & His Prime Years In Writing 

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Edgar published his first book around 1827. After he finished being the army he made writing his full time job.

During Edgars prime years he began publishing multiple stories. For example “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the “Masque of the Red Death,” “The Black Cat, etc.

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Characteristics of the Gothic include: death and decay, haunted homes/castles, family curses, madness, powerful love/romance, ghosts, and vampires.

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Poe was buried Westminster Presbyterian Church in Baltimore.

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Poe toaster is someone who came to Edgars grave and gave him an annual tribute to the American author. He is a unidentified person

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“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream"

- from 'A Dream Within a Dream', 1849

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What tragic childhood events influenced his writing

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What tragic childhood events influenced his writing

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Poe's father left when he was just 2 years old, and his mom died of tuberculosis.