ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Less than a year after his birth, his father deserted the family. Two years later his mother died, and the child Edgar was adopted by John Allan, a prosperous merchant of Richmond, Virginia, who gave him a home as well as his middle name. Young Poe entered boyhood with every advantage.

Detailed explanation-2: -His father left the family early in Poe’s life, and his mother passed away from tuberculosis when he was only three. Separated from his siblings, Poe was fostered by John and Frances Valentine Allan, a successful tobacco merchant and his wife, in Richmond, Virginia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Letters reveal an often tense relationship between foster father John Allan and Edgar Allan Poe. John Allan was born in Scotland.

Detailed explanation-4: -Edgar was taken in by Frances Allen, a woman who had helped his mother while she lay dying. She and her husband John Allan, had no children.