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He was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusettes to David and Elizabeth Poe.
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Edgar's parents separate. Elizabeth Poe takes the children.
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Elizabeth Poe, Edgar's biological mother died. Mr. and Mrs. John Allen adopted him. Edgar Poe makes Allen his middle name.
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Poe's school was in Manor School at Stoke Newington in England. He attended it from 1815-1820.
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He goes to University of Virginia, but was expelled for not paying his debt. His adoptive father, John Allen would not help pay, and he and Poe got into a fight. Allen disowned Poe.
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He askes Elmira Royster to marrry him, but her parents call off the wedding.
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He went in under the name of Edgar A. Perry. He had to go to Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina. Sullivan’s Island is where the settings are for his stories 'The Gold Bug' (1843) and 'The Balloon Hoax' (1844). He was discharged from the Army after “intentional neglect of his duties.”
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Tamerlane and Other Poems was one of the first things published.
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It was the first of his books published by Southern Literary Messenger.
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After living with his father’s sister, Maria Clemm , he marries his 13 year old cousin, Virginia Clemm. She dies of tuberculosis.
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It was one his classic horror stories.
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One his most famous stories ever published.
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After a life of tradgedy, Poe tries to attempt suicide. He fails.
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Poe wrot the poem, Ananbel Lee. It was his favorite. It was about Virginia.
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He told his mother he was leaving Richmond, Virginia to go to New York. He never makes it. He was found outside a bar. He died at the hospital. He was only 40 years old.
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It was the last book of Po's to be published. He wasn't alive to see it actually published to the public.
