EDGAR ALLEN POE

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• His parents were actors and he had 2 siblings

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• They died and he was taken in by a wealthy tobacco merchant

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• He attended the university of Virginia and later left because of debts.

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• In 1827 he published tamberlane and other poems

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• In1830 he went to west point

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• In 1831 he was court-martialed for neglect of duty,
• disobedience, refusing to attend formation and church

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• In 1835 he got a job as a editor for the southern literacy
• messenger

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• That year Poe and his cousin Virginia got married

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• At the time of Poe and Virginias marriage she was 13
• and he was 26

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• In 1837 he moved to New York to try and find
• work for a magazine

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• In 1845 Poe published The Raven wich brought him notice
• In 1847 his wife died

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• In 1848 he was engaged to Sarah Helen Whitman

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• His last words were "lord help my poor soul"

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• All medical records for Poe have been lost

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• There are many theories as to how he actually died