EDGAR ALLAN POE

EARLY LIFE

• Poe was born Jan. 18, 1809 in Boston, Mass.
• His mother was an actress named Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe
• She died when he was two of pulmonary tuberculosis
• His dad David left when he was a baby
• Poe was then adopted by John and Frances Valentine Allan

RELATIONSHIPS

• Poe was involved with a number of women
• His first wife was named Virginia. Oddly she was his cousin in 1835
• He was 27, she was 13. She died in 1847
• Sarah Helen Whitman and Nancy, he was engaged to both
• within the year 1848.

EDUCATION

• Poe was a well educated man
• He attended a grammar school in Scottland
• But fell into debt and became very poor
• He decided to leave

EDUCATION (CONT.)

• In 1830 he attended West Point Military Acedemy
• But unfortunately he was dishonorably discharged
• due to not attending classes or church

PUBLISHING

• In 1841 Poe's first work was published
• It was called Murders in the Rue Morge
• In 1845 he published "The Raven" the piece to make him famous
• Poe is credited with being the founder of detective stories

DEATH

• Poe died October 3, 1849
• His last words were "Lord help my poor soul."
• The cause is unknown and no medical records have been found
• Theories range from syphilis, to rabies, to cooping