They are both the same!
thats a retarded questionEdgar Allan Poe influnened his self with the things around him and his wife.
The middle name Allan was the last name of the foster family, John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia, that took Poe in after his parents died. The Allans had Poe baptized as Edgar Allan Poe and...
John Allan is Edgar Allan Poe's foster father.
Frances Allan was Poe's foster mother.