25 Jul 2008
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was born in Boston Mass. the son of poverty stricken actors who died before he was three. He was taken into the home of John Allan and baptised 'Edgar Allan Poe'; and started to write poetry from a very young age. In his teens his family came into a large inheritance, and he was able to attend the University of Virginia. But left after only a year following accumulating large gambling debts. He was however already writing stories and had his first book 'Tamarlane and Other Poems' published at around this time. Poe was a prolific writer who is also well known for his short stories.
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