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Edgar Poe is born on January 19, in Boston to his parents David Poe, Jr. and Eliza Poe. His mother shortly died when he was 2 years old. Mr. and Mrs. John Allan adopt Edgar Poe once his mother dies.
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Charles Dickens is born on February 7, in England. At this time, Edgar is 3 years old.
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Poe enrolls midway through the academic year at the University of Virginia, which had opened less than a year before.
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Poe's foster mother, Frances Allan, with whom he was still close, dies in Richmond. Poe is now a sergeant major in the Army leaves to travel to her funeral.
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At the age of only 40, Edgar Allan Poe dies on October 7, 1849.
