Interesting Poe Facts! by Jill Wagner https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j What is the most interesting fact you discovered about Edgar Allan Poe? en-us 2016-10-25 12:59:32 UTC 2016-11-10 16:48:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134228046 This dude married his 13 year old cousin

]]> 2016-10-31 14:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134228046 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134229236 Poe's mother passed away when he was 2 after his dad had already abandoned the family. He then became a foster child and moved in with the Allan family.

]]> 2016-10-31 14:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134229236 no one really knows the events right before his death https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134229259 2016-10-31 14:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134229259 The cause of his death remains unknown https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134229729 2016-10-31 14:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134229729 for most of his career he never made a profit https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134229737 2016-10-31 14:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134229737 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134230134 While on lecture tour in Lowell, Massachusetts, Poe met and befriended Nancy Richmond.

]]> 2016-10-31 14:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134230134 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134230532 Poe helped create the messenger]]> 2016-10-31 14:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134230532 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134230561 Rufus Griswold called him dumb on Poe's obituary.]]> 2016-10-31 14:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134230561 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134230925 nobody knows how Poe died]]> 2016-10-31 14:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134230925 He was a vicious critic https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134231859 2016-10-31 14:20:54 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134231859 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134231874 Poe was in the army]]> 2016-10-31 14:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134231874 had a really impressive mustache https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134232490 2016-10-31 14:22:25 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134232490 boy was only 5'8'' https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134232594 only 40 too
-Omar Paz, Lucas Hyduke ]]> 2016-10-31 14:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134232594 he was adopted https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134232896 2016-10-31 14:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134232896 mom died when he was like 2  https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134233474 2016-10-31 14:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134233474 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134233649 He was born on January 19, 1809]]> 2016-10-31 14:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134233649 Gambling https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134233907 He gambled to raise money for college

]]> 2016-10-31 14:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134233907 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134234765 Poe had a very mysterious death]]> 2016-10-31 14:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134234765  he was so desperately poor that he burned his furniture to keep warm.  https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134235947 2016-10-31 14:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134235947 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134247333 Secretly engaged to Sarah Elmira Royster in 1824]]> 2016-10-31 14:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134247333 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134247949 went to the university of Virginia ]]> 2016-10-31 14:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134247949 He gambled to try to pay off his debt but got pushed fea in to debt and then had to leave the university  https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134248467 2016-10-31 15:00:50 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134248467 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134248477 His fiancee, Sarah Elmira Royster had become engaged to someone else. so he moved back to Boston  ]]> 2016-10-31 15:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134248477 married 13 year old cousin. https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134248985 2016-10-31 15:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134248985 Poe's death was mysterious https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134249150 2016-10-31 15:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134249150 his writing is not for li'l kids https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134249246 2016-10-31 15:02:41 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134249246 He died when he was 40! https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134249940 He died October 7, 1849]]> 2016-10-31 15:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134249940 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134249986 was a writer
 ]]> 2016-10-31 15:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134249986 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134250822 1844 moved to New York ]]> 2016-10-31 15:07:01 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134250822 Allegedly, he had hallucinations and was delirious at the time of death. https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134250856 2016-10-31 15:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134250856 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134251418 His last words were "Lord, help my poor soul."]]> 2016-10-31 15:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134251418 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134251452 his works have been in print since 1827

]]> 2016-10-31 15:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134251452 He was married. Although...it was his cousin...who was 13...he was 27...he gets the L for that https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134252110 2016-10-31 15:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134252110 his fiancée at the time Sarah Elmira Royster got engaged to some one else this caused him to move to Boston with his broken heart  https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134252680 2016-10-31 15:12:10 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134252680 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134252733 he was widely acknowledged as the inventor of the modern detective story and innovator of the science fiction genre]]> 2016-10-31 15:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134252733 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134252845 He married his own cousin and she was just 13 and he was just an adult!?!?!?!?!?!]]> 2016-10-31 15:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134252845 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134253187 his nickname was "Father of the Detective Story." ]]> 2016-10-31 15:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134253187 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134253945 A lot of his family died from tuberculosis

]]> 2016-10-31 15:15:42 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134253945 Poe claimed that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a plagiarist witch lead to a black lash agaisnt poe https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134254071 2016-10-31 15:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134254071 Edgar Allen Poe was found dead on the streets or Baltimore, Maryland but his theories of death were interesting, along with cases of suicide found, he had a few diseases such as tuberculosis, and along with major depression and hallucinations. He also perved on his cousin when she was 13 and married her. https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134292031 2016-10-31 16:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134292031 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134293013 he died in baltimore]]> 2016-10-31 16:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134293013 edgar allen poe died october 7 1840 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134293696 2016-10-31 17:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134293696 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134293741 his parents were both actors]]> 2016-10-31 17:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134293741 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134294765 he tried to pay for college pay gambling and just put himself into greater debt and had to drop out]]> 2016-10-31 17:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134294765 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134296076 He died on October 7 ,1849 on Washington college hospital.]]> 2016-10-31 17:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134296076 Poe was a very harsh critic of his fellow writers. https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134297909 2016-10-31 17:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134297909 he had something wrong with his head https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134297922 2016-10-31 17:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134297922 Poe's parents died within three years of him being born https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134297984 Whaaaaaaa?!?!?!?!?!?!]]> 2016-10-31 17:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134297984 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134298125 Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. He wrote many stories in his lifetime, including "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Raven," and "The Fall of the House of Usher." He dies October 7, 1849 at age 40.]]> 2016-10-31 17:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134298125 He was born on January 19th, 1809 and died on October 7th, 1849 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134299482 2016-10-31 17:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134299482 he wrote storys lasmi21 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134300675 2016-10-31 17:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134300675 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134337526 Was a raging alcoholic

]]> 2016-10-31 19:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134337526 The real Poe was born to traveling actors in Boston on January 19, 1809. bomaz21 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134337887 Bongain]]> 2016-10-31 19:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134337887   But much of what we know about Poe is wrong, the product of a biography written by one of his enemies in an attempt to defame the author’s name. https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134338395 :)]]> 2016-10-31 19:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134338395 He was very poor. ilbal21 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134338703 2016-10-31 19:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134338703 he married his 13 year old cosin https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134338704 2016-10-31 19:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134338704 Siblings https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134338839 Poe and his siblings were split to live with different families after his parents died.]]> 2016-10-31 19:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134338839 He went to West Point https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134339026 2016-10-31 19:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134339026 His literary rival's name is Rufus??? Dood's name sounds like a dawg. https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134344392 2016-10-31 19:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134344392 He went to military school when he was young https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134344639 2016-10-31 19:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134344639 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134344730 he kept his marriage with his 13 year old cousin a secret until 1836 when he released that information to the public]]> 2016-10-31 19:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134344730 Nobody knows how he actually died https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134344770 2016-10-31 19:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134344770 he wasnt okay https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134344793 2016-10-31 19:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134344793 He had a nickname of "Father of the Detective Story."  https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134345250 2016-10-31 20:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134345250 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134345723 Never really knew his pareants.

]]> 2016-10-31 20:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134345723 Married his 13 y/o cousin  https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134345876 2016-10-31 20:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134345876 https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134345973 He died on October 7 1849

]]> 2016-10-31 20:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134345973 Nobody knows how he died https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134346186 2016-10-31 20:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134346186 He died in a bar room https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134346221 2016-10-31 20:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/134346221 There's an episode of "Drunk History" about him. https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/136797867 2016-11-10 16:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/wagner_jill/as00n79qqs4j/wish/136797867