Edgar Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was orphaned at

the age of three, due to the death of both his mother and his father. Both of his parents

were traveling theatrical performers. Poe was taken in by John Allan, a wealthy tobacco

merchant living in Richmond, Virginia. It was there that he was baptized Edgar Allan

Poe. At the age of six, Poe was taken to England with his new family and placed in private

school, where he studied for five years. Upon returning to the states in 1820, he continued

his studies in private schools and then attended the University of Virginia. He was only

there for a year before getting into financial trouble by gambling and drinking. John Allan

refused to help him pay off his debts, forcing him to take a job as a clerk.

Disliking his job and new responsibilities, he quit his job and moved back to Boston.

There he wrote his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, which was published

anonymously in 1827. Soon after the release of this book, Poe enlisted in the army as a

means of financial support. Despite his ref

The Black Cat, was first published in The United States Saturday Post (now known as the

announced his departure, he also included five of his reviews, two of his poems and The

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