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Edgar Allan Poe was born on Jan. 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachussetts
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Edgars mother died on Dec. 8, 1811 while on a theatre tour. After her death, Poe moved in with John and Frances Allen.
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Poe went to school in Richmond as a young boy in 1821 to 1825. Then he attended the University of Virginia.
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Poe joins the army and becomes a sergeant-major.
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Poe was engaged to Sarah Royster in 1825 but didnt marry her since her parents disagreed of the marriage.
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Poe won his first literary prize in 1833 for his work on ''MS. Found in a Bottle''.
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Poe married 13 yr. old cousin when he was 27, then moved to Richmond with her and her mother.
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''The Raven'' was his most famous poem.
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Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849 in Baltimore Maryland.
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Poe was a poet, novelist, critic, essayist, editor, and short story writer during his lifetime. One of his most famous stories was the ''The Pit and the Pendulum''.
