Clement Clarke Moore

Clement Clarke Moore

About Clement Clarke Moore

Clement Clarke Moore (July 15, 1779 – July 10, 1863) was an American Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, as well as Divinity and Biblical Learning, at the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in New York City. Located on land donated by the Bard of Chelsea himself, the seminary still stands today on Ninth Avenue between 20th and 21st Streets, in an area known as Chelsea Square. Moore's connection with that institution continued for over twenty-five years. He is the author of the yuletide poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, which later became famous as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.
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