Person Detail: Edgar Allan Poe

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General Information:
Full Name: Edgar Allan Poe
Biography: (1809-1849) Poet, writer, novelist. Edgar Allan Poe moved to New York in 1844; living at 6th Avenue and Waverly Place, 113 ½ Carmine Street, 130 Greenwich Street, 18 Amity Street (now West 3rd Street), 85 Amity Street, and 195 Broadway. He became editor and part owner of Broadway Journal, publishing Walt Whitman, etc. In 1846, he moved into a cottage in Fordham, Bronx, New York, and lived at East Kingsbridge Road and Grand Concourse. The following year, his wife died of tuberculosis. While in residence here, Poe composed his poems "The Bells," "Annabel Lee," and "Eldorado." In 2009 the United States Postal Service issued its 26th stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of Edgar Allan Poe.
Author's Timeline:
1849		Bronx County The Bells Poem.
1809		(Unknown) County Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1809.
1849		(Unknown) County Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1849.
1846		Bronx County In 1846, Poe moved into a cottage in Fordham, New York, and lived at East Kingsbridge Road and Grand Concourse.
1844		New York County Poe moved to New York City permanently in 1844; living at 6th Avenue and Waverly Place, 113 ½ Carmine Street, 130 Greenwich Street, 18 Amity Street (now West 3rd Street), 85 Amity Street, and 195 Broadway, in Manhattan, New York.
1849		Bronx County Annabel Lee Poem.
1849		Bronx County Eldorado Poem.
1849		(Unknown) County Edgar Allan Poe is buried in the Westminster Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.
1827		(Unknown) County Tamerlane and Other Poems Collection of poetry.
1831		(Unknown) County Poems by Edgar Allan Poe Collection of poetry.
1838		(Unknown) County The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (Pub: Harper & Brothers. ISBN: ) Novel.
1840		(Unknown) County Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (Pub: Lea & Blanchard. ISBN: ) Collection of short stories.
1841		(Unknown) County The Murders in the Rue Morgue Short story.
1845		(Unknown) County The Raven and Other Poems (Pub: New York: Wiley and Putnam. ISBN: ) Collection of poetry.
1845		(Unknown) County Tales Collection of short stories.
1848		(Unknown) County Eureka: A Prose Poem by Edgar A. Poe Prose poem.
1830		Orange County Poe attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, briefly in 1830 and 1831.