EDGAR ALLAN POE

EDGAR'S BIRTH

• Born: January 19, 1809
• Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts

POE'S PARENTS👪

• Eliza Poe (Mom)
• David Poe, Jr. (Dad)
• Both Mom and Dad were professional actors

CHILDHOOD

• Dad left, Mom died in 1811
• Became an orphan
• Raised by foster parents John and Frances Allan
• Raised in Richmond, Virginia

COLLEGE LIFE

• Attended University of Virginia
• Gambled to pay education
• Left university due too much gamble debt
• Enlisted in the U.S. Military

LOVE LIFE❤️👫💔

• Married cousin Virginia Poe at age 27
• She was 13 years old
• Virginia died at age 24 because of tuberculosis
• Got engaged with Elmira Royster
• Elmira left Edgar and got engaged with another man

CAREER'S

• American writer, poet
• Editor and literary critic
• Short stories appeared in Philadelphia Saturday Courier

FAMOUS POEM'S

• "I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat."
• "The death of a beautiful woman, in unquestionable he most poetical topic in the world."
• "Never more "
• The Raven

FAMOUS BOOKS

• Dark creepy tales: "The Fall of the House of Usher"
• And "The Tell-Tale Heart"

EDGAR'S DEATH

• Died on October 7, 1849
• Age 40
• Found behind a trashcan still conscious
• His last words were "Lord, help my poor soul."
• Actual cause of death is a mystery

DEATH THEORIES

• "Congestion of the brain."
• Alcohol, drugs, tuberculosis
• Cholera, or rabies

Citations

• Source: Biography.com
• Author: E Networks
• Source: poetryfoundation.org
• Author: poetry foundation
• Source: Wikipedia.org 2013