Edgar Allen Poe's Life

  • Edgar Allen Poe was born

    Edgar Allen Poe was born
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    Edgar Allen Poe's life

  • Edgars father leaves

    soon after Edgar's sisters birth his father leaves his mother alone with three children. With his father he would have probably focused more on spoorts because your dads pushes you to do those things.
  • Edgar's Parents die

    Both of Poes parents die of tuberculosis. John and Frances Allan, take in Edgar as a foster child. This inspires him to write about what he knows which is death.
  • First poem

    A fifteen-year-old Edgar Allan Poe pens his first known poem
  • Brother dies

    Edgar's older brother Henry dies of either tuberculosis or cholera at the age of 27. More death inspires him.
  • Edgar marries

    Edgar marries
    Poe who is 27 years old marries his thirteen-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm. This motivates him to write because he loves her.
  • Poes first novel

    Poes first novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym is published. This also inspires Poe too right bout death.
  • Editor job

    Poe is hired as an editor at Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. With this job he could learn how to write better by reviewing others.
  • Poe dies

    After being found unconscious in a Baltimore gutter, Edgar Allan Poe is taken to the hospital and pronounced dead of causes still unknown.
  • Edgar dies

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    Edgar Alllen Poes life