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Allen Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. Where he lived for about 3 years. Poe then moved to Richmond, Virginia where he lived with a foster family. His sister also moved to Virginia but was taken in by a different foster family.

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Poe's mother died from tuberculosis and his father left the family because the family was to poor.He left when he was only 2. He left only 3 days after Eliza died from tuberculosis.

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Poe's name Allan came from John and Frances Allan, his adoptive parents.

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Poe went to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In 1831 Edgar Allan Poe was expelled from West Point and he was disowned by his foster father.

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Poe married his cousin, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe. Poe secretly married his cousin when she was 13 and he was 27. Poe then publicly married her in 1836. Unfortunately Eliza fell ill and died when she was just 25 years old. Eliza died on January 30, 1847 from Tuberculosis.

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Edgar Allan Poe - Writer | Mini Bio | BIO

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"Tamerlane and Other Poems"  was Poe's first published work. He self published it.

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One poem that made Poe very famous was "The Raven" and he wrote it in 1845. Another was "The Fall of the House of Usher" which was written in 1838 . He also wrote "The Tell-Tale Heart" Which he wrote in 1843.

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Poe died on October 7, 1849.He was found in a ditch in Baltimore.He was also wearing clothes that weren't his.People think that he was cooped. Cooping is when people make someone vote in different clothes and reward them with alcohol. That is how people think he died.

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Edgar Allen Poe was originally buried on October 9, 1849 at the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground in an unmarked grave. Edgar was then reburied on October 1, 1875 near the front of the church with a marked grave. Edgar was buried along side his mother and wife.

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Poe's writing was influenced by his dislike for his adoptive father, John Alan. Alan did not want Poe to become a poet, but that made Poe want to write even more. Poe was also never around any of his actual family as his parents had died and he was separated from his siblings.

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People think poe died from something called cooping. Back in the 1800s cooping was a form of voter fraud. When people want a candidate to win they forced people to vote for someone they liked multiple times in different clothes.People were often beaten to force them to commit voter fraud, and sometimes they were rewarded in alcohol.

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What is COOPING? What does COOPING mean? COOPING meaning, definition & explanation

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Poe started his writing career when his wife Virginia died. Many think that she was his inspiration and that he was so sad about her death and many think that that that's why he got into Gothic Literature.

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The "Murders in the Rue Morgue" were the first of the detective genre. Back in the 1800s detective books were very uncommon. In fact "Murders in the Rue Morgue" was actually the first detective book to written and published.

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The Poe Toaster is an anonymous person who leaves three roses and half a bottle of cognac on Poe's grave every year on his birthday.

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Gothic Literature may include fear, horror, death, and gloom, also romantic elements, such as nature, individuality and very high emotion. It can also include fear and suspense.