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Edgar Allan Poe who was the middle child of his family was born in the year 1809 on January 19th. His parents, Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins, and David Poe had two other children, William Henry who died at the young age of 24 and Rosalie. Poe's father died in the year 1810, before his daughter Rosalie was even born. The following year, their mother died. Poe and his siblings moved in with a couple Frances and John Allan, a wealthy merchant in Richmond, Virginia. Poe was too young to remember his parents and adopted Allan's name as middle name since the Allan's were the only parents he really knew.
As mentioned before, the Allan's were wealthy and could afford traveling with young Edgar to foreign countries including England where he attended school. He attended the University of Virginia in 1820 where he studied Latin and poetry and found a love for acting and swimming. During this time Poe developed a gambling problem and although he had a wealthy foster father, he refused to aid in......
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