Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a writer, poet, critic, and editor. Growing up, Poe was adopted by a successful tobacco merchant and his wife, John and Frances Allan in Richmond, Virginia. Money was a big problem between John Allan and Poe. Edgar Allan Poe attended the University of Virginia. He didn’t receive enough funds from John Allan to cover his costs. To resolve that problem, Poe started to gamble, which only made it worse because he ended up in debt. Frustrated, Edgar Allan Poe left the Allan’s.

Around the time he left, Poe had joined West Point, a military academy, in 1830. A year before going to West Point, Poe had published Tamberlane, Minor Poems, and Al Aaraaf. While at West Point,