Clement Clark Moore was born in New York on July 15, 1779. He was a professor of Oriental and Greek literature at Columbia College, now Columbia University. However he is best known for his poem, "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" ('Twas the night before Christmas. . .). The poem was first published anonymously and without Moore's knowledge in a newspaper on December 12, 1823.
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