Famous Quote by Edgar Allan Poe
" Convinced myself, I seek not to convince "

Facts about Edgar Allan Poe the Person
Poe was born in America to theatrical parents in 1809, unfortunately he was orphaned at a very early age. John Allan took young Edgar into his home and became Poe's Godfather. In 1815 the Allen's with their now five year old Godson travelled to England. Edgar was placed in an English Classical Academy were he was to stay for the next five years. At the age of ten Edgar and the Allen's returned home. For the next ten years, the young teenager spent his time between various schools and Collages, including West Point, enlisted in the Army, and had Tamerlane and other poems published.

By 1836 having published more of his works and spent time as the Editor of a Newspaper he was ready to marry.  In 1836, at the age of 27, Edgar Allan Poe married Virginia Clemm, his 13 year old cousin. The Poe's travelled to New York in 1845, where, in less than a year, he became proprietor of his own news paper. For Poe 1846 was a bad year, his paper "The Broadway Journal" collapsed, and his wife Virginia was found to have contacted tuberculosis. Things turned from bad to worse, in 1847 as the result of tuberculosis, Virginia Clemm died and Poe turned to drink, he was able do  some important work in 1848 and 1849 but following a prolonged series of drinking sessions died in October 1849.