
Born on this day, 1809 in Boston
EDGAR ALLAN POE author and critic, is renowned for his psychological horror tales and credited with originating the detective genre and writing early science fiction. Poe has also inspired a number of writers, some in unexpected ways. For example, T. H. White, author of The Once and Future King, had a goshawk that he called 'Edgar Allan Poe' for a time. (Why is not clear.) In one of his books, American President Theodore Roosevelt wrote that the Dakota Badlands, with their e