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Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)

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From: American Eras
Date: 19970101
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

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Poet, author, and journalist

Career. The son of two impoverished actors and whose father abandoned the family, Edgar Allan Poe was raised as a foster child by the wealthy Allan family in Richmond, Virginia, following his mother ’ s death and his father ’ s disappearance. He briefly attended the University of Virginia and West Point, never graduating from either institution, and served in the army from 1827 to 1829, when he was discharged. He drifted for several years, publishing volumes of poetry: Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827),

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