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May 25, 2024 · January 30, 1847. The death of Poe's wife Virginia Eliza (Clemm) Poe (1822 - 1847). July 1848. Poe's first visit to Lowell to deliver a lecture on poetry titled “The Poets and Poetry of America”. October and November 1848 (after October 20 to November 3 or 4) In his second visit, Poe spends time in Lowell and three days in Westford.
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Dec 10, 2022 · On 30 January 1847 Virginia Poe dies of tuberculosis, aged twenty-four years and five months. Although Poe becomes dangerously ill after her death, he is nursed back to health by Mrs. Marie Louise Shew, a kindly, unsophisticated woman with medical training, but no interest in literature.
1 day ago · Poe was born in Boston in 1809 and first arrived in New York City in 1837. He came with his wife Virginia and mother-in-law Maria, but only stayed for a few months. During that time Poe lived on ...
May 16, 2024 · Poe died mysteriously and without a definitive cause as to why October 7th, 1849. A day after his funeral, she wrote to her relative Neilson Poe to confirm if Edgar was indeed dead.
May 20, 2024 · Virginia Clemm was finally buried with her husband in 1885. Poe’s defamation of character and strange death certainly helped lead to the image most people have in their minds of a tortured, crazed genius who managed to write beautiful works while being plagued by supernatural torments.
3 days ago · The cause of his death remains unknown, and has been variously attributed to many causes including disease, alcoholism, substance abuse, and suicide. [5] Poe and his works influenced literature around the world, as well as specialized fields such as cosmology and cryptography .
4 days ago · His work forced him to move among several cities, including Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. In 1836, he married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm, but she died of tuberculosis in 1847. In January 1845, Poe published his poem "The Raven" to instant success.