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Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19,109 in Boston, Massachusetts
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His mother passed away from tuberculosis at age 24 in Richmond, Virginia.
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Poe and his family go to England where Poe enrolls in school.
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Edgar Allan went to the University of Virginia when he was 17.
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Poe was forced to drop out of college due to gambling debts when his foster dad refused to pay them for him.
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Poe moved to Boston and enlisted in the US army.
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Edgar's brother Henry dies from sickness that is unknown at age 27.
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Poe was dismissed from military academy due to financial instability.
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Poe marries his 13 year old cousin, Virginia, in Richmond, Virginia.
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Poe's first novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, is published.
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poe published some of his best known stories and poems such as
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Poe's wife Virginia dies from tuberculosis.
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Poe travels to Richmond and proposes to his childhood sweetheart, Elmira Royster Shelton.
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Poe is found unconscious and later pronounced dead at the hospital. Poe Biography. The Poe Museum. (2021, September 26). Retrieved February 1, 2022, from https://poemuseum.org/poe-biography/
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Annabel Lee was published shortly after his death it was also Poe's last poem ever wrote.
