Edgar

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Edgar is the first name of Edgar Allan Poe, the influential 19th-century American writer known for his macabre poetry and pioneering detective fiction.

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Label Occurrences
Edgar canonical 28
Édgar 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human
causeOfDeath uncertain
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1809-01-19
dateOfDeath 1849-10-07
educatedAt United States Military Academy
surface form: United States Military Academy at West Point

University of Virginia
familyName Poe
fullName Edgar Allan Poe
genre detective fiction
gothic fiction
horror fiction
poetry
givenName Edgar self-linksurface differs
hasPart The Raven
surface form: poem The Raven

short story The Murders in the Rue Morgue
influenced detective fiction genre
horror literature
symbolist poets
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement American Romanticism
Gothic literature
surface form: Dark Romanticism

Romanticism
notableFor macabre and gothic themes
pioneering detective fiction
notableWork Annabel Lee
The Black Cat
The Cask of Amontillado
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Gold-Bug
The Masque of the Red Death
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Purloined Letter
The Raven
The Tell-Tale Heart
occupation editor
essayist
literary critic
poet
writer
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts
United States of America
placeOfDeath Baltimore
Maryland
United States of America
relative John Allan
sexOrGender male
spouse Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe
surface form: Virginia Clemm Poe

Referenced by (29)

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Edgar Allan Poe givenName Edgar
Edgar Degas givenName Edgar
Edgar Wallace givenName Edgar
Edgar Meyer givenName Edgar
Eddie canBeDiminutiveOf Edgar
Edgar givenName Edgar self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Edgar Allan Poe
John hasMiddleName Edgar
subject surface form: John Edgar Hoover
Edgar Manas givenName Edgar
E. Y. Harburg givenName Edgar
E. D. Nixon givenName Edgar
Ned Yost givenName Edgar
King Lear mainCharacter Edgar
Edgar Payne givenName Edgar
Édgar Ramírez givenName Edgar
this entity surface form: Édgar
Edgar Martínez (Seattle Mariners designated hitter) givenName Edgar
subject surface form: Edgar Martínez
Sam Rice givenName Edgar
Edgar Martinez givenName Edgar
Monty Woolley givenName Edgar
Edgar Buchanan givenName Edgar
Jim Edgar familyName Edgar
Edgar Jung givenName Edgar
Edgar Wright givenName Edgar
E. L. Doctorow givenName Edgar