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CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE
Clement Clarke
Moore,
1779–1863,
American educator and poet, was born in New York City
,
and is a graduate of
Columbia
,
1798. A biblical scholar, he was professor of Asian and Greek literature at the
Episcopal General Theological Seminary, erected in
New
York City
on land that he had
donated. He is remembered for the well-known poem Visit from St. Nicholas,
which begins “ 'Twas the night before Christmas”; it was first published in
the
Troy
Sentinel in 1823.
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