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Somewhat retouched and with transparent background. Original daguerreotype taken by Edwin H. Manchester, photographer employed by the Masury & Hartshorn firm (second floor of 25 Westminster Street) of Providence, Rhode Island, on the morning of November 9th, 1848.

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Edgar_Allan_Poe_2.jpg: Edwin H. Manchester
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Edgar Allan Poe

American author and poet

Birthday: January 19, 1809

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Death Date: October 7, 1849

Age at death: 40 years old

Sign: Capricorn

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About Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was a writer and editor famed for his poetry and stories of macabre and mystery. He is regarded as the inventor of the detective fiction genre, which is how his nickname Father of the Detective Story emerged. His notable works include The Black Cat, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, Eldorado, The Bells, and The City in the Sea. His 1845 poem The Raven is widely regarded as one of the world’s most famous poems.

Personal Life

In 1835, at the age of 26, he secretly married his 13-year-old cousin Virginia Clemm. He remained married to Virginia until her death in 1847.

Trivia

He died in 1849 at the age of 40. The exact cause of his death still remains a mystery.

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Daguerreotype of Edgar Allan Poe, known as the "Annie" Daguerreotype.

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Unknown

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My 2008 photo of the Edgar Allan Poe birthplace plaque in Boston, MA.

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Swampyank at en.wikipedia

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Swampyank at en.wikipedia

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CC BY-SA 3.0

Title

A copy photograph of the portrait painted by Oscar Halling in the late 1860's of Edgar Allan Poe. Halling used the "Thompson" daguerreotype, one of the last portraits taken of Poe in 1849, as a model for this painting.

Author

Oscar Halling

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Public domain

Famous quotes by Edgar Allan Poe

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.Edgar Allan Poe

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.Edgar Allan Poe

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.Edgar Allan Poe

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.Edgar Allan Poe

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.Edgar Allan Poe

I have great faith in fools self-confidence my friends call it.Edgar Allan Poe

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.Edgar Allan Poe

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.Edgar Allan Poe

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.Edgar Allan Poe

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.Edgar Allan Poe

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.Edgar Allan Poe

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.Edgar Allan Poe

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.Edgar Allan Poe

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.Edgar Allan Poe

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?Edgar Allan Poe

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.Edgar Allan Poe

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.Edgar Allan Poe

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.Edgar Allan Poe

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.Edgar Allan Poe

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night.Edgar Allan Poe

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.Edgar Allan Poe

We loved with a love that was more than love.Edgar Allan Poe

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'Edgar Allan Poe

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.Edgar Allan Poe

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.Edgar Allan Poe

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F.A.Q. about Edgar Allan Poe

When is his birthday?

Edgar Allan Poe's birthday is on January 19, 1809.

In how many days is his birthday?

Edgar Allan Poe's birthday is in 50 days

How old was Edgar Allan Poe when he died?

He was 40 years old.

When did he die?

He died in October 7, 1849.

How old would he be today?

Edgar Allan Poe would be 212 years old if he was alive today.

Where was Edgar Allan Poe from?

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S..

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