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Born
Edgar Allan Poe was born on the 19th of January 1809 in Boston -
Mother dead
his mother died leaving Edgar, his brother and his sister orphans. -
Allen family
Edgar was adopted by Allen family -
Love for reading
Since he was a kid he loved spending time reading magazines, he started writing poems at the age of 14 years old. -
University of Virginia
At the age of 17 he was already attending The University of Virginia -
USA Army
He started was 18 year hold -
The book
In the same year he published his first book: “TAMERLANE AND OTHER POEMS” -
Step-mother dead
In the meanwhile Allen, his step mother fell ill and by the time Edgar reached home, his mother died. -
Step-father married again
In the same year his father married again -
Father dead
In 1834 his father died without including him in his will. -
New job
Edgar was furious but he kept fighting to survive and in 1835 he got a job as an editor for the art and literature magazine SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER in Richmond. -
Edgar married
When he was 27 married his cousin Virginia and he was only 13 years old. -
First story horror
In 1845 he published his first great horror story “THE RAVEN”a masterpiece in American literature. -
Virginia dead
In 1847 when he was only 24 his wife died of tuberculosis. -
Edgar dead
He was devastated with pain after her death.
He spent his last days in Baltimore, he was found in the streets and was taken to a hospital and in those days he was never clear headed enough to explain what had happened to him, In the end he died on October 7th 1849