Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. His parents were David and Elizabeth Poe. Edgar's mother, Elizabeth, died when he was just 2 years old and after the death of his mother, he was adopted. His foster father was a successful merchant, so Edgar was able to go to good schools. When he was 6 years old, he went to England to study. He went to the University of Virginia when he was 17 years old. While in his university days, his father only gave him about a third of what he really needed. He did well in Latin and French but eventually, he started to be a drunkard and became in debt so he had to quit school. When he was 18, he went to Boston to serve in the US Army. He didn't stay long in the army and eventually, he was dismissed. He tried his luck on being a writer and submitted stories for some magazines. He became part of the Southern Literary Messenger, Graham's Magazine, The Stylus (it failed) and The Broadway Journal. He wrote his first volume of "Tales of......
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