Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe, poet, storywriter, and critic, was born on Carver Street on January 19, 1809, to David and Elizabeth (Eliza) Poe, actors at the Boston Theatre. In 1827 he published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, at a shop on the corner of Washington and State Streets and enlisted in the U.S. Army at Fort Independence in Boston Harbor. He lectured in Boston on October 16, 1845, published “Landor’s Cottage,” his last tale, in Boston’s Flag of Our Union on June 9, 1849, and died at Baltimore on October 7, 1849.

Cambridge, Massachusetts · United States