• Sculptor: Daniel Chester French
  • Medium & size: Bronze bust
  • Location: Hall of Fame, Bronx Community College, 2155 University Avenue, Bronx.

Daniel Chester French, Edgar Allan Poe, 19__. Hall of Fame of Great Americans, Bronx. Photo copyright © 2019 Dianne L. Durante

Modern detective

“The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” by Poe (1809-1849), is credited with being the first modern detective story. It was published April 20, 1841.

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