Edgar Allan Poe was a notable American writer of the macabre and the inventor of the modern detective story. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
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| United States Army | 1827 | ||
| Southern Literary Messenger | 1835 | 1837 | |
| Graham's Magazine | 1841 |
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| 1809/01/19 | Edgar Poe is born at 62 Charles St S (previously 62 Carver St). The boarding house was demolished in 1959, it is now a parking lot. | Born | Bay Village | Edgar Allen Poe's Birthday | |||
| 1811/11/00 | Friends and fellow actors Mr and Mrs Luke Usher (the name may have inspired Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher") take care of Eliza Poe's three children during her illness. | Home | The Fall of the House of Usher (short story) | ||||
| 1814/00/00 | Allan family, foster parents of Edgar Allan Poe, occupied pew No 80. | Faith | Monumental Church | Richmond | |||
| 1816/04/00 | In early April, Poe enters the boarding school of the Misses Dubourg, daughters of Francis Dubourg, 146 Sloan Street, Chelsea. | Education | Chelsea, London | ||||
| 1818/00/00 | Edgar Allen enrolls at the Manor House School of the Reverend John Bransby at Stoke Newington. | Education | William Wilson (short story) | Stoke Newington | Greater London | ||
| 1820/09/00 | The Allen family sail back to Virginia on the MARTHA. In September, Edgar continues his education under Joseph H Clarke. | Education | |||||
| 1824/10/26 | Lafayette's retinue arrives in Richmond on a steamer from Norfolk for a ten day stay. George Washington's tent from the Revolution is set up on Capital Square. The tent is guarded by the Morgan Legion, including Edgar Allen Poe. | Honor guard | Virginia Washington Monument | Richmond | Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America | ||
| 1824/10/27 | Edgar Allan Poe, a Junior Morgan Riflemen, performs honor guard duty outside the Old Stone House during a parade for the Marquis de Lafayette. | Honor guard | Poe Museum | Richmond | Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America | ||
| 1825/00/00 | John and Frances Allan with foster son Edgar move into Moldavia. After Poe's expulsion from West Point, he was no longer welcome. Demolished in 1890, the Poe Museum preserves artwork, salt cellars and furniture the Allan's owned while living in Moldavia. | Life | Poe Museum | Richmond | |||
| 1826/02/00 | Poe enters the University of Virginia where he will excel in Latin. | Education | No 13 West Range | Charlottesville, VA | |||
| 1826/12/00 | Due to financial difficulties, Edgar Poe leaves the University of Virginia. | No 13 West Range | Charlottesville, VA | ||||
| 1827/05/26 | Edgar A Poe enlist in the US Army as Edgar A Perry, assigned to Battery H | Military Posting | Fort Independence | Boston | |||
| 1827/07/00 | Poe pays printer Calvin F S Thomas to publish 50 copies of "Tamerlane and Other Poems". The print shop was at 70 Washington St (razed), now One State Street. Published anonymously, it is believed only 12 copies of the first edition still exist. | Author | |||||
| 1827/10/31 | Battery H and Edgar Poe are ordered to proceed to Fort Moultrie in South Carolina. | Fort Moultrie | Sullivan's Island, SC | ||||
| 1828/12/11 | Edgar Poe and Battery H set sail for Fortress Monroe. | Military | Fort Monroe | Hampton | |||
| 1830/07/00 | Edgar Allan Poe enters the US Military Academy at West Point, New York. | Education | US Military Academy, West Point | West Point, NY | |||
| 1831/02/19 | Poe court martialed for gross neglect of duty, leaves West point | ||||||
| 1833/00/00 | Edgar Allan Poe's home, 1833 - 1835. | Edgar Allan Poe House | Baltimore, MD | ||||
| 1833/10/07 | Baltimore Saturday Visiter, a weekly periodical, selects Edgar A Poe's "MS Found in a Bottle" for $100 (maybe $50) literary prize. | Contest winner | MS Found in a Bottle | The John H B Latrobe House | Baltimore, MD | Poe's Baltimore Saturday Visiter Win | |
| 1833/10/19 | Edgar A Poe's "MS Found in a Bottle" surfaces in the Baltimore Saturday Visiter. | Author | MS Found in a Bottle | Poe's Baltimore Saturday Visiter Win | |||
| 1835/03/00 | Edgar A Poe's "Berenice" appears in the Southern Literary Messenger. | Author | Berenice (short story) | ||||
| 1836/05/16 | Virginia Eliza Clemm, age 13, marries her first cousin Edgar Allan Poe, age 27, in Richmond officiated by a Presbyterian minister named Rev Amasa Converse. | Groom | Marriage of Virginia Eliza Clemm and Edgar Allen Poe | ||||
| 1836/05/20 | Mr and Mrs Edgar Allan Poe honeymoon on the second floor of the Hiram Haines' Coffee and Ale House in Petersburg, VA. They were guests of newspaper editor and poet Hiram Haines and his wife, Mary Ann, a childhood friend of Poe's. | Groom | Hiram Haines' Coffee and Ale House | Petersburg | Marriage of Virginia Eliza Clemm and Edgar Allen Poe | ||
| 1837/00/00 | Moves to Philadelphia | Place | |||||
| 1839/09/00 | Burton's Gentleman's Magazine publishes Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher". | Author | The Fall of the House of Usher (short story) | ||||
| 1839/10/00 | Edgar Poe's "William Wilson" is published in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. | Author | William Wilson (short story) | ||||
| 1841/02/00 | Edgar A Poe becomes editor of Graham's Magazine | Work | |||||
| 1841/04/00 | Edgar Allan Poe's "A Descent into the Maelstrom" turns up in Graham's Magazine. | Author | A Descent into the Maelstrom (short story) | ||||
| 1841/04/00 | "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", the first modern detective story, is published in Graham's Magazine. | Author | The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Short Story) | ||||
| 1842/00/00 | "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar A Poe swings into The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. | Author | The Pit and the Pendulum | ||||
| 1842/00/00 | The Poe family rents a residence in Philadelphia. | Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site | Philadelphia, PA | ||||
| 1842/01/00 | Edgar's wife, Virginia, contracts tuberculosis | ||||||
| 1842/03/07 | Edgar Poe meets Charles Dickens at the United States Hotel (423 Chestnut St, razed 1856). Dickens agrees to try to find an English publisher for Poe's "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque". | Admirer | Second Bank of the United States | Philadelphia, PA | Charles Dickens' 1842 Tour of America | ||
| 1842/05/00 | Edgar Allen Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" is published in Graham's Magazine as "The Mask of the Red Death". | Author | The Masque of the Red Death (short story) | ||||
| 1842/11/00 | "The Mystery of Marie Roget" begins serialization in Snowden's Ladies' Companion. | Author | The Mystery of Marie Roget (short story) | Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers | |||
| 1843/01/00 | "The Tell-Tale Heart" is published in the inaugural issue of The Pioneer, a short-lived Boston magazine edited by James R Lowell. | Author | The Tell-Tale Heart | ||||
| 1843/06/21 | Poe wins the $100 grand prize in a Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper's writing contest with the "The Gold-Bug". The Philadelphia newspaper publishes the narrative in two installments on June 21 and June 28. | Author | The Gold-Bug (short story) | ||||
| 1843/08/19 | "The Black Cat" is published in The Saturday Evening Post. | Author | The Black Cat | Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site | Philadelphia, PA | ||
| 1844/04/00 | Poe's leave Philadelphia for New York City | Significant Date | Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1844/10/00 | "The Angel of the Odd" appears in Columbian Magazine. | Author | The Angel of the Odd (short story) | ||||
| 1844/12/00 | "William Wilson" by Edgar Poe is translated into French and published in two installments in the Paris newspaper 'La Quotidienne'. | Author | William Wilson (short story) | ||||
| 1844/12/00 | "The Purloined Letter" is published in the literary annual 'The Gift: Christmas, New Year and Birthday Present' in Philadelphia by Carey and Hart. | Author | The Purloined Letter (short story) | ||||
| 1845/00/00 | Poe stays at the Pavilion Hotel while in Boston for his disastrous 1845 reading at the Lyceum. Razed, the Pavilion Hotel was located at 41 Tremont Row, now One Beacon Street. It also may have been the site of his suicide attempt in 1848. | Visitor | |||||
| 1845/01/29 | Edgar A Poe's "The Raven" roost in New York's Evening Mirror. | Author | The Raven (poem) | ||||
| 1845/05/24 | Frederick Gleason of "The Flag of Our Union" writes to Edgar Poe, asking him to become a regular contributor. | Work | |||||
| 1845/07/00 | After attending a lecture by friend and poet Frances Sargent Osgood, Poe and Osgood stroll pass the home of Whitman while she was standing in the rose garden behind her house. | Life | Sarah Helen Whitman House | Providence, RI | Courtship of Widow Whitman | ||
| 1845/09/00 | Edgar Allen Poe's home from September 1845 until March 1846. | Edgar Allan Poe Residence, Manhattan | New York City | ||||
| 1845/11/00 | Edgar Allen Poe's "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" appears in Graham's Magazine. | Author | The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (short story) | ||||
| 1846/03/00 | Edgar, wife Virginia and her mother, Maria Clemm move to Fordham Village | Home | Poe Cottage | New York City | |||
| 1846/11/00 | Edgar Allen Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" is opened in Godey's Lady's Book (magazine). | Author | The Cask of Amontillado | ||||
| 1847/01/29 | Poe writes to Virginia's nurse, Marie Louise Shew: "My poor Virginia still lives, although failing fast and now suffering much pain." | Poe Cottage | New York City | ||||
| 1847/01/30 | Edgar Allen Poe's wife Virginia dies of Tuberculosis. The New York Daily Tribune and the Herald obituaries: On Saturday, the 30th ult, of pulmonary consumption, in the 25th year of her age, VIRGINIA ELIZA, wife of EDGAR A POE. | Widower | Poe Cottage | New York City | |||
| 1847/02/02 | Edgar A Poe attends his wife's funeral. Mourners include author Nathaniel Parker Willis,novelist Ann S Stephens, Poe's cousin Elizabeth Rebecca Herring and publisher George Pope Morris."Deep in earth my love is lying And I must weep alone." - Poe | Widower | |||||
| 1847/07/02 | Poe appears before Philadelphia mayor Charles Gilpin. The mayor recognized him as "Poe, the poet," and dismisses him without charging a fine. | Life | |||||
| 1848/00/00 | Poe visits the Elmira Shelton house in 1848 and 1849. | Visitor | Elmira Shelton house | Richmond | |||
| 1848/05/00 | Edgar Allen Poe writes "The Bells". | Author | The Bells | Poe Cottage | New York City | ||
| 1848/09/00 | Poe stays at the Mansion House hotel (lost) on Benefit Street, a few blocks from Sarah Power's house to court her. To maintain discretion, they meet at the Athenaeum and Swan Point Cemetery. | Life | Swan Point Cemetery | Providence, RI | |||
| 1848/12/23 | Poe catches up to Sarah at home, finding her breathing ether for her heart condition. They never meet again. | Life | Sarah Helen Whitman House | Providence, RI | Courtship of Widow Whitman | ||
| 1849/01/21 | Poe's rural cottage serves as an inspiration for a short story, "Landor's Cottage", mentioning the tale in a letter to Nancy 'Annie' Richmond of Lowell, Massachusetts. | Author | Landor's Cottage (Short Story) | Poe Cottage | New York City | ||
| 1849/05/00 | Edgar Allen Poe writes "Annabel Lee". | Author | Annabel Lee | Poe Cottage | New York City | ||
| 1849/07/00 | Edgar Allen Poe probably writes "The Light-House" between May and August 1849. | Author | The Light-House (short story) | ||||
| 1849/07/01 | Intoxicated, Edgar Poe becomes hallucinatory and attempts suicide. Detained for public drunkenness. Poe is incarcerated in Moyamensing Prison at 10th and Reed Sts. Razed in 1967, a low stone wall remains along Reed St. | Health | Passyunk Square, Philly | ||||
| 1849/07/02 | John Sartain takes Edgar Poe into his own house and cares for him over the next few days of delirium and hallucinatory episodes. | Life | Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe | ||||
| 1849/07/07 | "The Flag of Our Union", the only US newspaper to publish the works of the impoverished Poe during the final year of his life, publishes his sonnet "To My Mother". | Author | |||||
| 1849/07/10 | George Lippard raises money to pay for Edgar Poe's basic expenses and his passage to Richmond. | Life | George Lippard Residence | Philadelphia, PA | Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe | ||
| 1849/09/25 | Edgar Poe visits Susan Archer Talley at Talavera in Richmond, Virginia. Tradition has it that it is here at Talavera, that Poe gives his final reading of "The Raven". | Life | The Raven (poem) | Talavera | Richmond | Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe | |
| 1849/09/27 | Edgar Allen Poe sets sail for New York via the boat to Baltimore. | Life | Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe | ||||
| 1849/10/03 | Joseph W Walker finds Poe lying semi-conscious in the gutter wearing clothes that are worn and do not fit well at Ryan's Tavern (Gunner's Hall) near 44 E Lombard St. | Baltimore, MD | Maryland | Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe | |||
| 1849/10/07 | Edgar Allan Poe dies at the Washington University Hospital of Baltimore. His cause of death is disputed and medical records, including his death certificate, have been lost. Poe was never coherent enough to explain how he came to be in such trouble. | Died | Church Home Building | Baltimore, MD | Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe | ||
| 1849/10/08 | Edgar Allan Poe's funeral. | Westminster Presbyterian Church and Cemetery | Baltimore, MD | Funeral of Edgar Allan Poe | |||
| 1849/10/09 | Annabel Lee - published as part of his obituary in the New York Daily Tribune | Author | Annabel Lee | ||||
| 1849/10/15 | Edgar Allen Poe's "The Bells" is published in Sartain's Magazine. | Author | The Bells | ||||
| 1875/11/17 | Edgar Allen Poe's tomb dedicated | Final Resting Place | Westminster Presbyterian Church and Cemetery | Baltimore, MD | Dedications of Edgar Allen Poe's Tomb | ||
| 1895/00/00 | "Tales of Mystery and the Imagination" by Edgar Allen Poe is published in portfolios of deluxe two volume Japanese vellum sets, Stone and Kimball, Chicago, 1895-96. | Author | Tales of Mystery and Imagination (collection) |
49 Creative Works by Edgar Allan Poe »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Metzengerstein (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1832/01/14 | |
| The Duc de L'Omelette (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1832/03/03 | |
| Bon-Bon (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1832/12/01 | |
| MS Found in a Bottle | Author | Short Story | 1833/10/19 | |
| Berenice (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1835/03/00 |
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| Morella (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1835/04/00 | |
| The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1835/06/00 | |
| Mystification (Poe short story) | Author | Short Story | 1837/06/00 | |
| Ligeia (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1838/09/00 | |
| A Predicament (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1838/11/00 | |
| The Devil in the Belfry (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1839/05/18 | |
| The Man That Was Used Up (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1839/08/00 | |
| The Fall of the House of Usher (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1839/09/00 |
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| William Wilson (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1839/10/00 |
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| The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1839/12/00 | |
| The Business Man (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1840/02/00 | |
| The Man of the Crowd (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1840/12/00 | |
| A Descent into the Maelstrom (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1841/04/00 | |
| The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1841/04/00 |
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| Never Bet the Devil Your Head (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1841/09/00 | |
| Eleonora (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1842/00/00 | |
| The Pit and the Pendulum | Author | Short Story | 1842/00/00 |
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| The Oval Portrait (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1842/04/00 | |
| The Masque of the Red Death (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1842/05/00 |
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| The Mystery of Marie Roget (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1842/11/00 |
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| The Tell-Tale Heart | Author | Short Story | 1843/01/00 |
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| The Gold-Bug (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1843/06/21 |
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| The Black Cat | Author | Short Story | 1843/08/19 |
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| The Spectacles (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1844/03/27 | |
| A Tale of the Ragged Mountains (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1844/04/00 | |
| The Premature Burial (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1844/07/31 | |
| The Oblong Box (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1844/08/28 | |
| The Angel of the Odd (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1844/10/00 | |
| Thou Art the Man (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1844/11/00 | |
| The Purloined Letter (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1844/12/00 |
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| The Raven (poem) | Author | Poem | 1845/01/29 |
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| The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1845/02/00 | |
| Some Words with a Mummy (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1845/04/00 | |
| The Imp of the Perverse (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1845/07/00 | |
| The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1845/11/00 |
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| The Raven and Other Poems | Author | Poems | 1845/11/19 | |
| The Facts in the Case of M Valdemar (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1845/12/20 | |
| The Cask of Amontillado | Author | Short Story | 1846/11/00 |
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| The Bells | Author | Poem | 1848/05/00 | |
| Hop-Frog (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1849/03/17 | |
| Annabel Lee | Author | Poem | 1849/05/00 |
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| Landor's Cottage (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1849/06/09 | |
| The Light-House (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1849/07/00 | |
| Tales of Mystery and Imagination (collection) | Author | Short Story Collection | 1895/00/00 |
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