Young Poe’s life was that of most children, until his mother tragically died December 8, 1811, at the age of twenty-four. Within a few days of her death, Poe’s father dies. Poe then went to live with his godfather, John Allan, a successful tobacco merchant in Richmond, and his wife Frances, who had no children of their own. His foster parents John and Frances added Poe’s middle name of “Allan”. Although Poe was never legally adopted, he became known as “Edgar Allan Poe” at his Christening on January 7, 1812. And throughout his life, Poe typically signed his name “Edgar A. Poe”, with the initial rather than the full name.

In 1815, his godfather, John Allan sent Poe to England and Scotland to begin his classical education for five years. When he

When Poe died he didn’t die with too much dignity but he died a legend of his time, and all times to come. He wrote from his sole and single handedly invented the genre of the detective story and more than anyone else in early nineteenth century America, he placed a crucial role in shaping and elevating literary taste and in developing aesthetic theory particularly in the field of poetry. Thus, both with critics and scholars and the general public, Poe will be remembered forever as long as we shall read.

Poe’s military went more successfully then the rest of his life. After two years, Poe was promoted to Sergeant Major, the highest noncommissioned rank. Poe was then Honorably discharge in 1829 with three letters of recommendation. And in May of 1830, Poe decided to enter West Point in the hope of becoming a career commissioned officer. But Poe hated military school, deliberately missing classes, and drills; he successfully got himself kicked out of West Point January 1831. After his discharge Poe

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