# Edgar Allan Poe was born 199 years ago today.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-poe-was-born-199-years-ago-today/434148>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 19, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-poe-was-born-199-years-ago-today/434148 "2008-01-19T15:05:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-poe-was-born-199-years-ago-today/434148/1 "2008-01-19T15:05:19Z")

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A [toast](http://wjz.com/local/edgar.allan.poe.2.633696.html).

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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-poe-was-born-199-years-ago-today/434148/2 "2008-01-20T01:25:10Z")

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A toast, indeed! And who cares if it was a deliberate brainstorm or a spontaneous gesture, it is a fitting tribute.

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**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-poe-was-born-199-years-ago-today/434148/3 "2008-01-20T01:30:46Z")

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Raising my glass (Cointreau, at the moment) to one of the authors who was most influential in forming my lifelong love of reading.

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**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-poe-was-born-199-years-ago-today/434148/4 "2008-01-20T03:01:41Z")

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Poe’s overdue for a new gravesite. Something should be done.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-poe-was-born-199-years-ago-today/434148/5 "2008-01-20T09:40:42Z")

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What a bizarre, troubled life he led.

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**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-poe-was-born-199-years-ago-today/434148/6 "2008-01-21T11:11:42Z")

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Quoth the raven, “Nevermore!”