EDGAR ALLAN POE
1809 - 1849
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Ed was a brilliant writer and editor who appreciated his glass of sherry. He was born in Boston and buried in Baltimore.

Ed Allan Poe wrote poetry and fiction. In fact, he became the father of detective stories.


THE WRITINGS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
1827 Tamerlane
1829 Al Aaraaf
1831 The City and the Sea
1831 Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
1831 Israfel
1831 To Helen
1833 Four Beasts in One (Epimanes) READ ONLINE
1837 Politan
1838 Ligeia
1838 The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
1839 The Journal of Julius Rodman
1839 The Fall of the House of Usher
1839 Haunted Palace
1840 The Conqueror Worm
1840 The Assignation
1840 Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
1840 Berenice
1840 The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal READ ONLINE
1840 Man of the Crowd
1841 The Murders in the Rue Morgue READ ONLINE
1841 The Masque of the Red Death
1841 A Descent into the Maelstrom
1842 The Mystery of Marie Roget
1843 The Gold Bug READ ONLINE
1844 The Balloon Hoax
1845 The Imp of Perverse
1845 The Black Cat
1845 Tales
1845 Eleonora
1845 The Pit and the Pendulum
1845 The Premature Burial
1845 The Purloined Letter
1845 The Raven
1845 The Tell-Tale Heart
1846 The Literati of New York City
1846 The Philosophy of Composition
1846 The Cask of Amontillado
1847 The Domain of Arnheim
1847 Ulalume
1848 Eureka
1849 Annabel Lee
 

EDGAR ALLAN POE'S FAMILY
Ed's father was David Poe Jr. His mother was Elizabeth Arnold Poe. Both, father and mother, were actors.
In 1835, Ed married Virginia Clemm. Virginia was his cousin and died in 1847.
In 1849, Ed got engaged to Elmira Royster.
 

EDGAR ALLAN POE HOUSE & GRAVE - MAP

ED'S SHORT BIOGRAPHY
1815 - 1820 Scotland and England
1826 University of Virginia
Joins army
West Point
1835 Editor of the Southern Literary Messenger, Richmond
1839 coeditor of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine in Philadelphia.
1844 subeditor of the New York Mirror
1845 editor of the Broadway Journal
1848 went to Providence, Rhode Island
1849 Death in Baltimore after a good drop of booze
 

Check out the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Pennsylvania.