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Poe was born in Boston to parents Eliza Poe and David Poe Jr.
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Poe's mother and father separate. Elizabeth takes the children.
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Elizabeth Poe dies of pneumonia and Mr. and Mrs. John Allan adopt young Poe. He is now just two years old.
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6 year old Poe goes to school in England.
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Poe returns home to the United States to finish his education.
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William Burke accepts Poe into their program, and he succeeds not only in his schoolwork but also athletics.
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Poe drops out school because John Allan refuses to help him pay for schooling, although he had just come into a large sum of money due to a death in the family.
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Edgar returns home from the army, he reconciles with John and therefore receives the funds from his uncle to go to West Point. He gets kicked out a year later.
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Poe submits his writings to several magazines, they all refuse to publish them.
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Poe marries 13 year old cousin, Virginia.
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Poe publishes famous works such as 'The Gold Bug', 'The Raven', and 'Murders in the Rue Morgue.'
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Virginia dies of tuberculosis.
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Poe leaves NYC in June, returns in September, takes the wrong train to Baltimore, is found unconscious on the stoop of a bar, and gets taken to the hospital where he later dies on October 7th.
