EDGAR ALLAN POE

1810

• Egdars parents separate
• Mother takes custody of children

1811

• Edgar's mother dies
• Mr. & Mrs. John Allan adopt Edgar

1815

• Edgar goes to England for school

1820

• Edgar returns to United States
• Continues schooling

1823

• Edgar attends academy of William Burke
• Succeeds in athletics

1826

• Edgar attends the University of Virginia
• Attends as Edgar Poe (not Edgar Allan Poe)

1827

• Can afford to go to the University
• Edgar is forced to drop out
• Writes and prints 1st book "Tamerlanes and other poems"
• Can't support himself
• Joins the United States army

1828

• Does well in the army
• Attains the rank of Sergeant Major

1829

• Mrs. Allan dies, Edgar returns home
• Poe and John Allan temporarily reconcile differences
• Edgar applied to West Point, and John Allan sponsors him

1831

• Edgar is kicked out of West Point

1832

• Edgar submits a number of stories to magezines
• Stories are rejected

1833

• Poe send a desperate letter to John Allan
• He asked for help and was ignored

1834

• John Allan dies
• Leaves Edgar nothing

1835

• Wins a contest for "The Manuscript Found in a Bottle"
• Because of contest, Poe finally gets a job

1836

• Poe Marries his cousin Virginia

1839

• Writes "The Fall of the House of Usher"
• Poe's first story is published but he recieves no money
• "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque"

1843

• Poe wins $100 prize for "The Gold Bug"

1845

• Poe works 14 hours a day
• But still can't make a living in NY

1846

• Poe writes "Philosophy of Composition"
• Sues a paper libel and wins $225

1847

• Virginia dies from Tuberculosis

POE DIES

• October 7, 1849