Edgar Allen Poe was born on January 19, 1809. Poe was adopted. He went to the University of Virginia but dropped out with heavy gambling debts. Although he had a bad life his death was also bad, how Poe died, three theories include alcohol, rabies, or encephalitis.
Edgar Allen Poe died in 1849, his death was a mystery. Kenneth Silverman article think predicts he died from alcohol. The New York Times article thinks he might have died from rabies. A senior physician said he might have passed away from encephalitis caused by brain exposure.
Poe drank excessively at times and was always in need of money. So therefore he may have been using all his money for alcohol. When Poe’s wife, Virginia died of tuberculosis, he was very devastated and he may