How old was he when he died? - He was 40., Poe was the first person to use the term "short story". True or false? - True. Poe wrote ‘I have written five-and-twenty short stories whose general character may be so briefly defined’ in his preface to Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. (1840), Poe created Sherlock Holmes. True or false? - False. But he gets credit for inventing the detective story. "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841) is known as the first detective story Poe wrote featuring C. Auguste Dupin, his amateur detective without whom the world would never have had Sherlock Holmes., Where and when was he born? - He was born in Boston in 1809., Is Allan his middle name? - No, when her mother died he was taken to Virginia where he was brought up by John Allan. Edgar Poe was christened Edgar Allan Poe in 1812 but rarely went by his full name., What happened to his parents? - David Poe abandoned his family when Edgar was 1 year old, and Eliza Poe died the next year., What sports did he practice? - Poe was an accomplished boxer, long jumper, rower, and swimmer., Who did he marry in 1836? - He married Virginia Celmm, his cousin, who was only 13 years old., What problems did he have? - Money (he was kicked out of University out of gambling debts) and alcohol (after his wife death of tuberculosis)., Poe met Charles Dickens. True or false? - True. They met during the Englishman's 1842 tour of America, How did he die? - The details of Poe's death are still unknown. On October 3, 1849, Poe was found in great distress on the streets of Baltimore and wearing someone else's clothes. He died four days later but his medical records have been lost so we'll probably never know what killed him., Were his parents writers? - No, they were actors.,

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