EDGAR ALLAN POE

THE EARLY YEARS OF POE

• He was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts.
• His mothers name was Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins
• She was an actress
• She died in 1811 when Poe was only 2 years old

FOSTER FAMILY

• Since he was so young when his mother passed, he was put in a foster home
• His foster parents were Mr. and Mrs. John Allan
• They were successful merchants
• John Allan died in 1834

POE'S EDUCATION

• In 1815, he went to a boarding school in Chelsea, England
• He then went to the University of Virginia
• He left because he could not pay his tuition

POE'S FIRST WORKS

• Poe's first published work was "Tamerlane and other Poems" in 1827
• He then published "Al Aaraaf, Towerlane and Minor Poems" in 1829
• He got an editors job at Southern Literary Messenger in 1835
• In 1841, he published "The Murder in the Rue Magus"
• "The Raven" was published in 1845

POES ARMY DAYS

• He enlisted in the army in 1830
• He was then court-martialed from West Point for ditching class

POES LOVE LIFE

• Poe married his 13 year old cousin Virginia in 1836
• In 1837, they moved to New York to find a job
• Virginia died in February of 1847
• In 1848, he became engaged to Sarah Reyster
• He then became engaged to Sarah Helen Whitman in 1849

POES DEATH

• Poe died on October 7, 1849
• His last words were, "This death was almost a suicide, a suicide prepared for a long time"
• One theory of his death was the effects of alcoholism
• His death still remains a mystery