Edgar Allen Poe

By Jvickerson3
  • The Birth

    The Birth

    Edgar Allen Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts to David and Eliza Poe.

  • The Death of his Mother

    Edgar Allen Poe's mother died on December 8, 1811 while on a theatre tour. After the death of his mother, he was taken in by John and Frances Allan.

  • School Life

    Edgar attended school in London as a young boy and attended Richmond from 1821 to 1825. He then moved on to attend the University of Virginia.

  • First Engagement

    Edgar Allen Poe became engaged to Sarah Elmira Royster in 1825. They could not get married because her parents did not want their daughter to marry him.

  • The Army

    Edgar enters the Army enlisted as Edgar A. Perry. He was promoted to Sergeant-major.

  • Jobs

    Edgar worked for sever different magazines from 1833 to 1844, where he wrote some of his best known stories such as "The Fall of the House of Usher."

  • First Award

    Edgar's short story, "MS. Found in a Bottle," won a literary prize in 1833.

  • Weird Marriage

    Edgar married his cousin Virginia Clemm and moved with her and her mother to Richmond.
  • Most Famous Poem

    Most Famous Poem

    Edgar's most famous poem, "The Raven," was published in the New York Evening Mirror.
  • The Death of Edgar

    The Death of Edgar

    Edgar died on October 7, 1849, in Baltimore, Maryland.