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Edgar Allan Poe was born on the 19th of January 1809 in Boston
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When he was 2 years old his father abandoned his family
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A new family!
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At the age of 17 he was already attending The University of Virginia
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Without money and without a job he decided to enter the US Army in 1827
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He studied in the Military Academy at West Point in 1830
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In 1834 his father died without including him in his will
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In 1840 Edgar joined George R. Graham at the Graham’s magazine
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In 1845 he published his first great horror story “THE RAVEN”
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The Raven
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In 1847 his wife died of tuberculosis
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His death
