PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Poe was born on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, MA
His mother was the actress Eliza Poe
Poe's mother died when he was 3
Poe's foster parents were tobacco farmers John and Francis Allan
In 1815, Poe went to Stoke-Newington boarding school
Poe attended the University of Virginia
He left university because of fights with his father and his gambling debt
Tamerlane and Other Poems became his first published work in 1827
Poe was court-martialed from West Point in 1831
Poe married his 13 year old cousin Virginia in 1836
He moved to New York in 1837
In New York, he was unable to find a job
His detective story, Murders in the Rue Morgue, was published in 1841
The Raven was published in 1845
Poe's wife Virginia died in 1847
In 1848, he became engaged to Nancy Richmond
A year later, he became engaged to Sarah Elmina Roysten Shelton
Poe died on October 7, 1849
Nobody knows how Poe died
