Edgar Allan Poe's parents were David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe. Both of his parents were actors.
John and Frances Allan were Poe's foster parents.
Edgar Allan Poe was taken in by the Allans, who were relatives of his biological parents, after his mother passed away. John and Frances Allan raised him in Richmond, Virginia. Poe took on the name Allan as part of his official name.
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Edgar Allan Poe's foster parents, John and Frances Allan, had no children of their own when they took Poe into their family, and they had no other children while Poe lived with them. After Poe left them, Frances Allan died, and John Allan remarried. Allan had three children with his second wife before he died. It is also believed that Allan produced at least one illegitimate child.
Edgar Poe was probably his name at birth though there is no surviving birth certificate. After his natural parents died, he was taken in by foster parents John and Frances Allan. They had Poe baptized as Edgar Allan Poe.
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No one adopted Poe. He was taken in by John and Frances Allan after Poe's parents died and raised him as his foster parents, but they ever legally adopted Poe.
Richmond Virginia with his now foster parents, John and Frances Allan
Edgar Allan Poe's foster mother's name was Frances Allan. She, along with her husband John Allan, took in Poe after his birth parents passed away when he was a young child.
Edgar Allan Poe's mentor was John Allan, a wealthy merchant in Richmond, Virginia. Poe was fostered by Allan after the death of his parents and Allan played a significant role in Poe's upbringing and education.