Eugene LeMoine Didier (December 22, 1838 – September 8, 1913)[1] was an American writer and a recognized authority on Edgar Allan Poe.
[1] Eugene Didier, son of Franklin James Didier and Julia LeMoine, was born in Baltimore, where he lived all his life.
[2] He started his literary career in 1867 as editor of The Southern Society[1] and contributed many articles to other magazines such as Scribner's Monthly, The Century Magazine, Catholic World and Harper's Monthly.
From 1869 to 1870 he was Deputy Marshal of the Supreme Court.
[1] In 1873 he married Mary Louisa Innocentia Northrop, daughter of the Confederate General Lucius B. Northrop, who was at West Point during the time Edgar Poe attended the Military Academy.