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Birth
Edgar Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. -
Mother's death
Elizabeth Poe died in 1811, when Edgar was 2 years old. -
Adoption
John Allan was a successful merchant, so Edgar grew up in good surroundings and went to good schools. -
Education and early Life
Edgar Allan went to the University of Virginia in 1826. He was 17.
Even though John Allan had plenty of money, he only gave Edgar about a third of what he needed.
he started to drink heavily and quickly became in debt. He had to quit school less than a year later.
Edgar Allan had no money, no job skills, and had been shunned by John Allan -
First Career in Military
Edgar went to Boston and joined the U.S. Army in 1827. He was 18.
Attained the rank of sergeant major.
In 1829, Mrs. Allan died and John Allan tried to be friendly towards Edgar and signed Edgar's application to West Point. While waiting to enter West Point, Edgar lived with his grandmother and his aunt, Mrs. Clemm.
In 1830, Edgar Allan entered West Point as a cadet. He didn't stay long because John Allan refused to send him any money. It is thought that Edgar purposely broke the rules and ig -
Writings
In 1831, Edgar Allan Poe went to New York City where he had some of his poetry published.
He submitted stories to a number of magazines and they were all rejected. Poe had no friends, no job, and was in financial trouble.
In 1835, Edgar finally got a job as an editor of a newspaper because of a contest he won with his story, "The Manuscript Found in a Bottle". -
Marriage
In 1836, Edgar married his cousin, Virginia. He was 27 and she was 13 -
Mid-Life
he moved to Philadelphia in 1838 where he wrote "Ligeia" and "The Haunted Palace". His first volume of short stories, "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque" was published in 1839. Poe received the copyright and 20 copies of the book, but no money. -
A bit of Success
sometime in 1840, Edgar Poe joined George R. Graham as an editor for Graham's Magazine. During the two years that Poe worked for Graham's, he published his first detective story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" -
The Golden Bug
Poe left Graham's in 1842 because he wanted to start his own magazine.
He won a hundred dollars for his story, "The Gold Bug"
In 1844, Poe moved back to New York. Even though "The Gold Bug" had a circulation of around 300,000 copies, he could barely make a living. -
Death
On October 3, Poe was found at Gunner's Hall, a public house at 44 East Lombard Street, and was taken to the hospital. He lapsed in and out of consciousness but was never able to explain exactly what happened to him. Edgar Allan Poe died in the hospital on Sunday, October 7, 1849.
