Edgar Allan Poe
Born January 19, 1809 ~ Died October 7, 1849
His Father was an alcoholic and left when he was young, His mother died when he was 3 years old.
"We loved with a love that was more than love."
Edgar was separated from his siblings when his mother died, he was taken in by the Allan family but was never officially adopted.
His most famous poem is The Raven.
Written in 1845 and published in January of that year.
Only 7 people attended his funeral.
When he died many people where in a line to have a souvenir, many people wanted a lock of his hair.
His wife Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe died at 24. After the death of his wife he tried to commit suicide by ingesting opiates.
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe
Born 1835 ~ Died 1847 She was Edger Allan Poe's cousin.
Opiates
a drug with morphine like effects, a sticky milk looking liquid taken from the opium flower is dried out and smashed into a power to be made into medicine.
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe's Grave
Buried in Baltimore MD at The Westminster Hall and Burring Ground.
Edgar Allan Poe went to The University of Virginia.
In 1826 Poe left Richmond to attend the University of Virginia, where he excelled in his classes while accumulating considerable debt.
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