Edgar Allen Poe

By brandonjackson
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    Life

  • Adoption

    When both of his parents died he was adopted by a Richmond couple named John and Frances Allan.

  • Orphan

    Poe's parents died and he was orphaned, they both died of tuberculosis.

  • Mothers Death

    Mothers Death
    Poe's mother died at 24 when he was 3 from tuberculosis.

  • College

    College
    Poe enrolls for University of Virginia.

  • Debt

    Poe ditched school and was $2000 in debt.

  • Army and Author

    Poe enlists for the U.S. army as Edgar A. Perry and he publishes his first book,Tamerlane and Other Poems.

  • Southern Literary Messenger

    Poe takes a job as a editor where he publishes critical reviews and his own stories and poems.

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    Poe was 27 when he married his 13 year old cousin Virginia Clemm.

  • Wife's Death

    His wife also died of tuberculosis.

  • Poe's Death

    Poe died of bad sickness.