Poe was orphaned by two mothers – his birth mother, Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe, who passed away when he was very young, and his foster mother, Frances Allan, who took care of him after his father abandoned the family and his mother died.
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Yes, Edgar Allan Poe is often credited as the pioneer of the detective story genre. His works, particularly "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," featuring C. Auguste Dupin, laid the foundation for modern detective fiction with its focus on deduction and investigation. Poe's contributions have had a lasting impact on the genre and influenced many famous detectives in literature.
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Edgar Allen Poe is considered the father of the modern mystery
story. His story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," is considered
the first modern mystery story. It features a detective who uses
logic and deduction to solve a murder, and it predates Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle's stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. One could also
consider Poe the father of the modern horror story.