Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. This man created some of the most influential literary criticism of his time. Poe's parents were David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins. They both died before he reached the age of 3. He was then taken into John Allan's custody as a foster child. John Allan was a very prosperous and rich merchant in Richmond Virginia. When he took in Poe, he had him baptized. Poe's life as a child was boring to say the least, though he went to school for 5 years in England. …
