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Born January 19 1809 In Boston Massachusetts. -
Edgar Poe mother died when he was the age of 3 -
Poe moved to England with his family.He attends boarding school with there.
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For 11 months he attended the University Of Virginia. -
Tamerlane was on of poe's poems.Its based on his early love with Sarah elmira who he was engaged to & his mother Eliza Poe. -
May 26,1827 Poe moved to Boston & enlisted into the U.S army. -
While in Military he was stationed at Fort Moultrie in SC.
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Poe published his second volume at Baltimore.(Al Aaraaf,Tamerlane,Minor Poems)
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One of his poems had won $50 from a Baltimore weekly.The name of this poem was called Ms.Found in a Bottle.
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Poe was an editor of the Southern Literacy Messenger.This was in Richmond Virginia.
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In 1836 he married a 13 year old named Virginia Clemm which was his first cousin.He was 27 years old at the time they got married -
While Poe was in New York City he published "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym".
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In 1839 he had became a co-editor of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine In Philadelphia. -
Poes wife become sick with tuberculous
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Poe's story "The Gold Bug" won $100 from Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper.
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Poe establishes his story called the "Ulalume".
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Poe's wife Virginia died at the age of 24 due to tuberculosis.This cause his to struggle with depression & alcoholism. -
Poe published the lecture "Eureka".Its an explanation of the universe that has been hailed by some critics & others.
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Poe engagement to Elmira Royster for the second time.
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Died October 7 1849 in Baltimore Maryland.There is no exact reason on how he died there is just multiple theories.