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Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19th, 1809 in Boston Massachusetts to Eliza and David Poe.
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December 8th, 1811 Edgar Allan Poe's mother Eliza Poe, died from tuberculosis.
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Poe's Father abandoned him at the age of 3, a year later Poe was taken in by Frances Allan. -
In 1815 Poe began schooling in England. -
In 1825 Poe's uncle William Galt passed away, leaving Poe with a fortune. -
In 1827 Edgar Poe wrote and printed his very first book "Tamerlane and Other Poems". -
In 1828 Edgar Allan Poe write a short story called "Ligeia". -
Edgar Poe married his cousin Virginia Clemm who was 13 on May 18th of 1836. -
In 1839 at 30 years old Edgar Poe wrote a famous short story which was published called "The Fall of the House of Usher". -
For Edgar Poe's "Gold Bug" he won a prize of hundreds of dollars. -
On January 30th 1847 Virginia became ill with tuberculosis and passed away. -
Edgar Poe leaves New York city to go to Philadelphia to visit John Sartain on June 30, 1849. -
Poe gets on the wrong train, instead of going back to Philadelphia he goes back to Baltimore on September 30, 1849.
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On October 3rd 1849 Edgar Allan Poe was found half conscious and rushed to the hospital. -
On October 7th, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe was pronounced dead due to unknown causes at the hospital in Baltimore.
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