He was found on October 3rd, 1849 dressed in shabby clothing and presumed drunk inside or outside (sources conflict on this point) Cornelius Ryan's 4th ward polls, a tavern in Gunner's Hall at 44 East Lombard Street, between High Street and Exeter Street, Baltimore, Maryland by a gentleman who sent the following note to Dr. Joseph Evans Snodgrass.
Dear Sir, - There is a gentleman, rather the worse for wear, at Ryan's 4th ward polls, who goes under the cognomen of Edgar A. Poe, and who appears in great distress, & he says he is acquainted with you, and I assure you, he is in need of immediate assistance, Yours, in haste, Jos. W. Walker
Poe was sent in a carriage by Snodgrass and Poe's uncle, Henry Herring, to nearby Washington College Hospital where he died four days later never having regained coherence enough to explain what happened to him.
It is Edgar Allan Poe
Joseph W. Walker found Edgar Allan Poe in a semiconscious state outside Gunners Saloon on Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland on October 3, 1849. Poe died on October 7, 1849.
The cause of Edgar Allan Poe's death remains a mystery. He was found unconscious and delirious on the streets of Baltimore in 1849 and died shortly after. The exact circumstances leading to his death, including whether foul play was involved, have never been definitively determined.
John Allan is Edgar Allan Poe's foster father.
Robert Allan Edgar was born in 1940.
Edgar Allan Brown was born in 1888.
Edgar Allan Brown died in 1975.
Edgar Allan Poe was "found" outside a saloon on October 3, 1849, not October 7, in a semi-conscious state lying on a plank across two barrels on the sidewalk of Lombard Street in Baltimore . He was taken to Washington College Hospital where he died on October 7, 1849. He was 40 years old.
Edgar Allan Poe died in the early morning on October 7, 1849 at the age of 40. On October 3, 1849, Poe was found on the streets of Baltimore delirious, "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance," according to the man who found him, Joseph W. Walker. He was taken to the Washington College Hospital, where he died four days later of an unknown cause.
The name of Edgar Allan Poe's foster mother was Frances Allan.
Edgar Allan Poe.
Edgar Allan Poe went to the University of Virginia in 1826.