Edgar Allan. 1809–49, US short-story writer, poet, and critic. Most of his short stories, such as The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) and the Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840), are about death, decay, and madness. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) is regarded as the first modern detective story
POE in British English
abbreviation for
1. military
port of embarkation
2.
port of entry
POE in American English
1.
port of embarkation
2.
port of entry
Poe in American English
(poʊ)
Edgar Allan1809-49; U.S. poet, short-story writer, & critic