Edgar Allan Poe
A Biography About Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe, the master of dark tales and poetry, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 19, 1809. Edgar Allan Poe was one of three children, the second born. David Poe and Elizabeth Arnold Poe were his parents. ... Poe’s father abandon him shortly after his birth and in 1811, his mom past away. Poe was then left with a merchant, John Allan from Richmond, Virginia. Poe and his new family moved to England to provide an education for him in 1815. Poe returned back from England in February of 1826 and went to the University of Virginia.