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Born Jan 19, 1809 - died Oct 7, 1849

Above: The "Ultima Thule" Daguerreotype

A Timeline of Poe's Life - Edgar Allan Poe

January 19, 1809 - Born to Actress Eliza Poe and Actor David Poe Jr. in Boston, Massachusetts.

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He is child #2 for the family: brother William Henry Leonard Poe is the oldest, and sister Rosalie Poe is the youngest.

1810 - Poe's father David Poe abandons the family.

Dec 8, 1811 - Poe's motherElizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe dies from pulmonary tuberculosis in Richmond, Virginia.

Edgar is age 2 and is taken in by the family of John and Francis Valentine Allan, and is given the name Edgar Allan Poe.

1815 - The Allan family move to England for five years, and Edgar attends school in Scotland, London, and Chelsea, England.

1820 - The Allan family returns to Richmond Virginia.

1826 - Edgar is enrolled into the University of Virginia.

He may also be secretly engaged to Sarah Elmira Royster.

1827 - Poe qu