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Edgar Allan Poe Life

  • Born

    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

    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,

    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,

    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.