Poe, Edgar Allan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...godfather, John Allan, a wealthy Richmond merchant. The Allans took him to Europe, where he began his education in schools in England and Scotland. Returning to the United States in 1820, he continued his schooling in Richmond and in 1826 entered...