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Edgar Alan Poe (he was forced to leave the university when Allan refused…
Edgar Alan Poe
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In 1827, he moved to Boston and enlisted in the United States Army.
Poe returned briefly to Richmond, but his relationship with Allan deteriorated
John and Frances Allan raised him as a foster child in Richmond, Virginia.
John Allan, a prosperous tobacco exporter, sent Poe to the best boarding schools and later to the University of Virginia, where Poe excelled academically.
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was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
On October 3, 1849, he was found in a state of semi-consciousness
Poe’s father and mother, both professional actors, died before the poet was three years old
He published some of his best-known stories and poems, including “The Fall of the House of Usher," “The Tell-Tale Heart," “The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and “The Raven.”
fter Virginia’s death from tuberculosis in 1847, Poe’s lifelong struggle with depression and alcoholism worsened
Poe was admitted to the United States Military Academy, but he was again forced to leave for lack of financial support.
he established himself as a poet, a short story writer, and an editor.
1836, he married Virginia, who was thirteen years old at the time
In 1829, he published a second collection entitled Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems.
Poe would edit a number of literary journals including the Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine and Graham’s Magazine in Philadelphia and the Broadway Journal in New York City.
His first collection of poems, Tamerlane, and Other Poems, was published that year
Poe began to sell short stories to magazines at around this time,
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