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Edgar Allen Poe was born January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the son of actors Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins and David Poe.
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Poe attended the University of Virginia in Richmond. He studied latin and poetry.
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Poe's first publication was printed. It appeared in the Baltimore North American. His work was called "Dreams"- Oh! That my young life were a dream.
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Poe enlisted in Westpoint Military Academy, but was discharged later that year.
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After both of Poe's parents died he moved in with his Aunt Maria Clemm and her Daughter Virginia Eliza Clemm (who was later to become Poe's wife).
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Poe became editor of the Southern Literary Minister.
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Married Eliza in Richmnd, Virginia and then moved to New York City.
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Poe's only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, was published.
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One of POe's most widely known short stories, "THe Raven and Other Poems was published.
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Poe embarked on a tour of poetry readings and lecturing trying to raise funds for his magazine The Stylus.
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Poe died (cause of death unknown but there are many theories), and was buried on October 7, 1849. he was buried unceremoniously in an umarked grave in old Westminster Burying Ground of Baltimore. Now there stands a stone with a carving of a raven marking the spot of his eternal resting place.
