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Where did Poe live during his youth?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston but his parents were traveling actors. They both died in December 1811 and Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia. The raised him as his foster parents but never adopted Poe. John Allan took the family to England for several years but eventually returned to Richmond. For a short time of his childhood he lived in a school in England for 5 years starting when he was 6.

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