Edgar Allan Poe

  • Edgar Poe was born

    Edgar Poe was born

    He was born by The Poe family.
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    Poe's Life

  • Edgar Poe was adopted

    Edgar Poe was adopted

    Edgar Allan Poe was adopted by a man named John Allan at the age of 2.
  • School

    School

    He enrolls in school.
  • They move back to U.S.A

    They move back to U.S.A

    Him and his foster parents move back to U.S.A from England.
  • First Stories and Poems

    First Stories and Poems

    He wrote his first short stories and narrative poems.
  • College

    College

    He enrolls at the university of virginia for college.
  • Finds Career

    Finds Career

    He becomes a soldier and published author. "For all of his problems, in the course of his relatively short life Poe revitalized American literature, producing perfectly crafted stories and poems while creating whole new genres (we have Poe to thank for the detective story, for example)" (Shmoop).
  • Gets Married

    Gets Married

    He gets married to his 13 year old cousin.
  • He died

    He died

    He died at the age of 40 and was found unconscious in a gutter.