1. Edgar Allan Poe Appositives

2. Frances Allan, Poe’s foster mom, favored him. Ryan Mason

3. Poe, a gambler, lost most of his money playing cards. Matt Rump

4. “ No, she is Helen, a goddess.” Miles Garrett

5. Poe married Virginia, his cousin, in New York. Maddie Wheeler

6. Alexa Zorzi Edgar Poe got his middle name, Allan, from his foster parents.

7. Emily Geoghagen Frances Allan, Edgar’s foster mother, loved Poe dearly.

8. Lee, a friend, asks Edgar why he gambles. Brad LaSelva

9. Rabies, a deadly nerve disease, may have been the cause of Poe’s death. Christopher Costa

10. When Edgar was young, he fell in love with his friend’s mom, Jane Stanard. Daniel Fabiniak

11. Poe is best known for “The Raven,” a tragic poem. Grant Pfost

12. Edgar wrote to Elmira, another one of his lovers. Alex Funderburk

13. The University of Virginia, where Edgar Allan Poe went to college, is still standing. Hunter Frechette For more than its first year of operation, Thomas Jefferson was a living legacy among University students and faculty. Each Sunday, he hosted students for dinner at Monticello. Among those students was Edgar Allan Poe, a University student in 1826. Poe was among the students, too, who journeyed up the mountain to pay their respects at the funeral of their University's founder, who died on July 4, 1826. From UVA’s website