Clement Clarke Moore





Clement Clarke Moore

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born
July 15, 1779

died
July 10, 1863

gender
male


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Clement Clarke Moore, (July 15, 1779 – July 10, 1863), is best known as the credited author of A Visit From St. Nicholas (more commonly known today as Twas the Night Before Christmas).

Clement C. Moore was more famous in his own day as a professor of Oriental and Greek literature at Columbia College (now Columbia University) and at General Theological Seminary, who compiled a two volume Hebrew dictionary. He was the only son of Benjamin Moore, a president of Columbia College and bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, and his wife Charity Clarke. Clement Clarke Moore was a graduate of Columbia College (1798), where he earned both his B.A. and his M.A.. He was made professor of Biblical learning in the General Theological Seminary in New...more


Average rating: 4.29 · 17,788 ratings · 520 reviews · 40 distinct works
The Night Before Christmas
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The Night Before Christmas
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A Visit from St. Nicholas
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The Night Before Christmas
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3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1995
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