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birth
Edgar Allan Poe was born on january 19, 1809 in Bosten, Massatusetts to Elizabeth Hopkins and David Poe -
Education
In 1826 Poe went to the University of Virginia in Richmond. -
First poem
In 1827 first poem was published it was called "The Dreams" -
First book
In 1827 He also had his first book published it was called Tamerlane and Other Poems -
career
In 1835 he became the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger. -
marriage
In 1836 he married a woman whose name was Virginia Clemm in Baltimore, Maryland. They did not have any children -
career
In 1839 he joined the Bartons Gentlemans Magazine as an assistant editor. -
first detective story
he left the Bartons Gentlemans Magazine in 1940 to publish his first detective story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" -
wifes death
in 1847 Poes wife Virginia died from tuberculosis -
Poes Death
Poe died on October 7, 1849 he now rests in the Old Westminster Burying Ground of Baltimore
