Edgar Allan Poe …

was born in Boston on this date in 1809 but moved to Richmond as a small child. According to the Poe Museum

After attending schools in England and Richmond, young Poe registered at the University of Virginia on February 14, 1826, the second session of the University. He lived in Room 13, West Range. He became an active member of the Jefferson Literary Society, and passed his courses with good grades at the end of the session in December. Mr. Allan [Poe’s foster father] failed to give him enough money for necessary expenses, and Poe made debts of which his so-called father did not approve. When Mr. Allan refused to let him return to the University, a quarrel ensued, and Poe was driven from the Allan home without money. Mr. Allan probably sent him a little money later, and Poe went to Boston. There he published a little volume of poetry, Tamerlane and Other Poems. It is such a rare book now that a single copy has sold for $200,000.

The Poe Museum biography continues the story.

Edgar Allan Poe

was born on this date in 1809.

Once upon a midnight dreary,
As I pondered weak and weary,
Over many quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
As I nodded, nearly napping,
Suddenly there came a tapping As of some one gently rapping,
rapping at my chamber door.
“‘Tis some visitor,” I muttered,”
“tapping at my chamber door,
Only this and nothing more.”

The Raven,”
Edgar Allan Poe

The Library of Congress has a wealth of material on Poe available on-line.