Edgar Allen Poe

By Taylor K

  • Born

    Born
    in Boston to Elizabeth Arnold Poe and David Poe, Jr., who were very poor.
  • Period: to

    Life span

    Poe died in a balltimor hospital pennyless

  • Parents died

    Parents died
    Elizabeth Arnold Poe dies of tuberculosis in Richmond, Virginia. Within days, David Poe also dies of tuberculosis.

  • Orphaned

    Orphaned
    Peo was orphaned and adoped by Jonh Allen

  • First poem

    First poem
    when he was 15

  • College

    College
    University of Virginia

  • Army

    Army
    Poe enlisted in the U.S. Army under the name. Edgar A. Perry

  • Foster father died

    Foster father died
    Allan omitted his adopted son from his will entirely.

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    Poe, 27 years old, marries his thirteen-year-old cousin

  • Wife dies

    Wife dies
    Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis

  • Died

    Died
    found in a gutter