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Poe's Birth
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston to actresses. Their names were Edgar David Poe, Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins. -
Mothers death
Elizabeth Arnold Poe died in Richmond. Edgar was taken into the family of John Allan, a member of the firm of Ellis and Allan, tobacco-merchants. -
School
Edgar registered at the University of Virginia. He became an active member of the Jefferson Literary Society. He passed his courses with good grades at the end of the term in December. -
Army
In Boston Poe enlisted in the United States Army as a private. He used the code name Edgar A. Perry. -
Poe's reviews
Poe was credited with between eighty and ninety reviews, six poems, four essays, and three stories. He was also credited for many editorials and commentaries. -
Poe marries
Poe narried his young cousin, Virginia Clemm, in Richmond, Virginia. -
Editor
Poe became an editor of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. His career ended June, 1840 when he became an editor of Graham's Magazine. -
Poe's Tales
Poe's Tales of the Grotesque & Arabesque was published in tow volumes in Philadelphia. -
Editor Poe
Edgar Allan Poe began working for a man named George Graham, who offered him $800 a year to work for him as an editor. -
Auguste C. Duphin
Poe published a fictional novel featuring Auguste C. Duphin, the first-ever fictional detective. -
"The Raven"
Poe became famous with his spectacular success of his poem "The Raven." -
Tradgedy
Poe's wife, Virginia, became very ill and died. Her dath lead to the beginning of Poe's alcohol problems. -
Poe's death
He died at the ago of 40 in Baltimore. Although the circumstances of Poe's death remain a mystery. It is known to be an effect of alcoholism.
