Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor and critic and one of the leaders of the American Romantics. He is best known for his tales of the macabre and his poems, as well as being one of the early practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of Gothic and Detective fiction (Crime fiction) in the United States.

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• {{note|name}} Poe's Middle Name. The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
• {{note|umm}} Benitez, R. Michael (Sep. 24, 1996). Edgar Allan Poe Mystery. University of Maryland Medical News Also see Salon.com article
• {{note|cemetery}} Baltimore Sun article about Westminster Hall.
• {{note|lawschool}} UM School of Law homepage.
• {{note|obit}}To read Griswold's full obituary, see at Wikisource.
• {{note|music}} Tales of Edgar Allan Poe. American Symphony Orchestra
• {{note|beer}} Baltimore-Washington Beer Works
• {{note|camb}} See "Poe and popular culture" (2002). Discussion of the modern presentation of Edgar Allan Poe. Mark Neimeyer, The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe: University Press; Cambridge, UK.