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Born
Born under the name of Edgar Poe in Boston. Product of the marriage of actress Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe and actor David Poe Jr. has an older brother, William Henry Arnold Hopkin -
mother
1811 Death of his mother. -
He is adopted by the Scottish family
From 1815 to 1820 he lived with John Allan and his wife in the UK, where their education began. -
The Allan family travels to Britain.
The Allan family travels to Britain. Edgar attending school for a short period in Irvine, Scotland; birthplace of his adoptive father. -
meets up with his family
He meets up with his family in London. Study at Chelsea until the summer of 1817. -
enter to school
Enter the Reverend John Bransby school in Stoke Newington. -
returned to Richmond
He and his family returned to Richmond, Virginia. -
University
He enrolled at the University of Virginia to study languages. -
first book,
July. Make your first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, a text of 40 pages, signed by "a Bostonian". The text did not receive any attention. -
writer in newspapers
April. It's moving to Boston. He works as a writer in newspapers under the pseudonym Henri Le Rennet. -
Navy
May. It is part of the United States Navy under the name Edgar A. Perry; claiming to have 22 years, actually he was 18. -
Death of his adoptive mother,
February. Death of his adoptive mother, Frances Valentine Allan. -
Travel to Baltimore
Travel to Baltimore to live with his aunt Maria Clemm, his cousin Virginia Eliza Clemm, his brother Henry, and his grandmother Elizabeth Cairnes Poe before joining West Point. The same year he published his second book, Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems. -
cadet
Enter the service as a cadet at West Point. -
married a second tim
His adoptive father married a second time. Edgar known as his son. -
third book
Travel to New York and made his third book, titled Poems. The book is financed with help from his friends cadets at West Point. -
award
Already doomed his literary career, she receives an award from The Baltimore Saturday Visiter, for his story "MS. Found in a Bottle. " -
Down
Virginia Clemm symptoms of tuberculosis. Poe increase their alcohol consumption. -
Virginia Clemm died.
Virginia Clemm died. -
Die
Dies in Baltimore on Sunday October 7 at 5 am.