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4 days ago · In 1835, at age 26, Poe obtained a license to marry his cousin Virginia Clemm, who was then age 13; they were married for 11 years until her death, which may have inspired some of Poe's writing. An 1845 portrait of Poe by Samuel Stillman Osgood The cottage in the Fordham section of Bronx, where Poe spent his last years. After his brother's ...
2 days 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 ...
1 day ago · Edgar Allan Poe had one wife. Poe had a few engagements but did not marry until he was 26 years old. In 1836, Poe married his cousin Virginia Eliza Clemm when she was 13 years old and the two remained together until her death in 1847. Poe died two years after Virginia in Baltimore, Maryland.
3 days ago · 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.
4 days ago · A Feeling of Impending DOOM. Poe events are springing up all over Baltimore City as the Season begins in earnest for the Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum. Along with extended schedule for weekly tours of Poe House and the return of monthly Poe’s Death in Baltimore Bus Tours, The Poe Death Exhibit and new Ghastly Galentine Pop-up Shop are now open.
2 days ago · Edgar Allan Poe (; born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States, and of American literature.
4 days ago · THE POE DEATH EXHIBIT. Learn the mysterious circumstances of Edgar Allan Poe's death in Baltimore in 1849. Explore the various conspiracies that plague Poe's legacy and how the very clothes he wore offer clues to the famed poet’s mysterious death. Pay your respects at a special candle-light vigil for the master of horror and mystery.
