Edgar Allan
Poe was an American short-story writer, poet, critic, and editor who were
famous for his cultivation of mystery and the macabre. He was born on 19 January 1809 in Boston. His father name was David Poe Jr. and his mother was
Eliza Poe. In 1836 he married his cousin Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe. His both
parents were died in December 1811 due tuberculosis. So Edgar was taken in by
the family of John and Frances Allan. John Allan was a successful merchant, and
Edgar grew up fairly and comfortably. From 1815 to 1820, the family lived in England, where young
Edgar got a good education at a school outside of London. In 1824, when he was
fifteen they back in Richmond. Then he was
registered at University of Virginia in February 1826 to study ancient and
modern languages. After a year he gave up from the university and in 1827 he
traveled to Boston where he did many strange jobs as a clerk and newspaper
writer. Allan Poe was unable to support himself so he joined United States Army
on 27 May 1827, where he claimed that he was 22 years old even
though he was 18. He was the
first well-known American to try to live by writing alone. He was an extensive
writer. He wrote many books and quotes. One most famous quote is given below, “Deep into
that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, and
dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” He was died
on 7 October 1849.