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Birth Date
Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the son of actors Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins and David Poe. Poe had two siblings: Rosalie and William Henry. -
Abandoned
When Poe was two years old, his father abandoned his family. -
Mother's death
Poe's mother died due to consumption. Frances and John Allan (a wealthy merchant in Richmond, Virginia) took Poe and his sister in after the death of Poe's mother. -
Moving
Because of his foster parents' extended business trip, Edgar Allan Poe moved to London, England. -
Grammar school
Poe attended grammar school in Irvine, Scotland until 1817. -
Boarding school
Edgar Allan Poe went to a boarding school in Chelsea, England until 1820. He studied Latin and French. -
Back to the United States
Poe returned to the United States to start school again. -
College and Army
After Poe arrived in the United States in 1820, he traveled to Virginia. He soon enrolled in school at the University of Virginia. He became buried in debt (he tryed to pay the money off by gambling), and he was forced to leave school and return to Richmond, Virginia. His foster father did not help him pay the debt off. Because of his poverty, Poe was forced to enlist in the army under the name Edgar A. Perry, and he served for two years. -
Foster mom's death
Poe's foster mother, Fraces Allan, passed away. -
West Point
Poe began attending West Point Military Academy, but soon (in March 1831) he was dimissed from the school because of his heavy drinking and gambling. -
Moving again
After the death of his foster mother and his quarrels with his foster father who had remarried, Poe moved in with his aunt, Maria Clemm, in Baltimore. -
Brother's death
Edgar Allan Poe's brother died from tuberculosis. -
Marriage
On May 16, 1836, Poe publicly married his cousin Virginia Clemm (he had secretly married her in 1835 when she was thirteen). -
Burton's Gentleman's Magazine
Poe joined the Burton's Gentleman's Magazine as assistant director. He published "The Fall of the House of Usher" in this magazine. -
Another job
Poe left Burton's Gentleman's Magazine and joined Graham's Magazine. -
Wife's sickness
Poe's wife broke a blood vessel and began to bleed from her mouth. Because of her condition, Poe began to drink. -
Own magazine
Poe published his own magazine; he titled it the Stylus. -
Moving..
Poe moved to New York and became the editor of the Broadway Journal. -
The Evening Mirror
Edgar Allan Poe joined the Evening Mirror; "The Raven" later appeared in this magazine. -
Wife's death
Virginia Clemm, Poe's wife, died of tuberculosis; Poe began to suffer depression. -
Unconscious
Poe was found unconscious on a street in Baltimore, Maryland. He was taken to the Washington College Hospital. -
Death
Edgar Allan Poe died at the Washington College Hospital. The cause of his death is not known. Poe was buried in an unmarked grave in the Old Westminster Burying Ground of Baltimore.
