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= = = = = Who is this Romantic? 1809 - 1849 = = =  He was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. The son of Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins and David Poe, both parents were actors. He was one out of three, he had an older brother name William Henry and a younger sister named Rosalie. French John Allen, a wealthy merchant in Richmond, Virgina, took him in after his parents died. In 1815 he traveled to England and attended in Chelsea. Five years later he moved back to Richmond where he attended the University of Virginia and studied Latin and Poetry. In addition to his studies, he loved to swim and act. Threw out of his studies he started to write poems, his first poem "Dream" was published in 1827 at his own expense. After his foster mother died,1829, he enlisted himself to West Point Military Academy, but was dismissed a year later. In 1831 "Poems" was published. Same year he moved to Baltimore to live with Aunt Maria Clemm and his brother William, who died of Tuberculosis. In 1835 he became editor and contributor of Southern Literary Messenger. After he married Virginia they moved to New York. His only completed novel //The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym// was published in 1838. Threw out time he continued to write poems such as "The Raven", "Eulaie", "To Helen" and much more. In addition he wrote critical essays and short stories including “Ulalume”, “Eureka” and “The Cask of Amontillado”. As his writings in his newspaper articles, “The Duc de L'Omelette”, “Bon-Bon” and “King Pest”. In 1847 in his last residency, a cottage, in Brox, NY his Wife died. Right after his wife death he turned to drinking alcohol more frequently and displaying increasingly erratic behavior. A year later he became engaged to his teenage sweetheart from Richmond, Elmira Rayster. In 1849 he went on a tour of poetry readings and lecturing, hoping to raise funds so he could start his owe magazine "The Stylus". In October 7, 1849 he passed away, not sure of the cause of his death but many believe it had to do with his drinking problems.