Edgar allan poe

Edgar Allan Poe

By magpat

  • Birth

  • Parents seperate

  • Mother dies

  • Lives with Allan family

  • Education in England

  • Return to America for school

  • Time at William Burke Academy

    Poe was very successful in athletics.

  • Attends the University of Virginia

  • Joins the military

    He does very well in the army and becomes a sargent major.

  • Mrs. Allan dies

  • Poe Joins West Point Academy

    He was sponsored by John Allan.

  • He is kicked out of West Point Academy

    It is believed that he did everything possible to get kicked out of West Point.

  • Mr. Allan dies

    He has been unwilling to help Edgar financially and leaves him nothing in his will.

  • Poe wins a writing contest

    He wins a writing contest for "The Manuscript Found in a Bottle".

  • Poe marries his cousin Virginia

  • Poe begins writing career

  • Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis

    He really loved his wife and was devistated when she died.

  • Poe dies