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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre...

Timeline of Events

1836

5.16.1836

Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.

1845

1.29.1845

"The Raven" is published in the ''New York Evening Mirror'', the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe

1849

10.3.1849

American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.