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Poe was born
His parents were travling actors and had another son named Henry. -
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The life and times of Edgar Allen Poe
The main purpose of this time line is to explain why Edgar Alan Poe was important to American Literature and how events in his life affected his work. -
First Published Poem
"Last night, with many cares & toils oppres'd,/ Weary, I laid me on a couch to rest."- Poe enters the writing world -
Now a published author
Poe enters the writng worls with his first book, "Tamerlane and Other Poems." -
Marital Bliss
Poe marries his thirteen-year-old cousin. -
Working with Writers
He hired as an editor at Burton's Gentleman's Magazine -
Black Bird
"The Raven" is published in New York Evening Mirror -
Virginia is never more
His dear wife Virginia passes after falling terribly ill with tuberculosis. -
Poe passed away
He was found unconscious in a gutter in Baltimore, and prenounced dead of unknown causes after being taken to a hospital.
