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Edgar Poe was born
He was born by The Poe family. -
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Poe's Life
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Edgar Poe was adopted
Edgar Allan Poe was adopted by a man named John Allan at the age of 2. -
School
He enrolls in school. -
They move back to U.S.A
Him and his foster parents move back to U.S.A from England. -
First Stories and Poems
He wrote his first short stories and narrative poems. -
College
He enrolls at the university of virginia for college. -
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
He gets married to his 13 year old cousin. -
He died
He died at the age of 40 and was found unconscious in a gutter.
