Edgar Allan Poe

  • Birth

    Birth
    The day he was born.
  • His Father Abandoned Him.

    His Father Abandoned Him.
    His father left Edgar when he was almost one year old.
  • His Mother Died.

    His Mother Died.
    His mother died of tuberculosis when he was three years of age. This was the first of many tragities that were to occur in his life.
  • Foster Parents.

    Foster Parents.
    Edgar was sent into foster care soon after his mothers death from TB.
  • His love dies.

    His love dies.
    When he was 15, his first love died of Brain Cancer. This was accompanied by his foster mother contracting TB.
  • University

    University
    Edgar is sent off to unversity in 1827 by his adoptive father. He did this so that he could continue having affairs, while his wife was sick with TB.
  • West Point

    Francis Allan died of TB and Edgar goes to West Point
  • John Allan

  • Publishes the Raven

  • Moves to NY

  • Virginia dies

  • Found on the streets in a drunken stupor

  • Death.

    He died after being found on a Baltimore street. The cause of his death is still unknown to this day.
  • Edgar dies

    He died.