Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: He was born Edgar Poe in Boston , Massachusetts , on January 19 , 1809 , the second child of actress Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe and actor David Poe , Jr. .
Simplified: Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19 , 1809 to two touring & vaudeville actors , David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins .