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July 1779 A.D. Birth
of Episcopal Churchman, Clement C. Moore
Clement C. Moore (1779 to 1863)
Episcopal Church
Yes, Donner and Blitzen, He Wrote it
Birth of Clement C. Moore, theological educator,
writer and poet, in New York City. With his family inheritance, Moore
established the Episcopal General Theological Seminary in 1819, where he taught
Greek and Hebrew literature for 28 years (1823-50). Ironically, Moore's fame is
not as a great theologian, but as the author of the completely mythical
Christmas poem that begins: " ' Twas the night before Christmas. . ."
Written in 1822 for his own childtren, these verses were printed the following
Christmas season in the Troy Sentinel, without his knowledge. He also compiled
A Compendium Lexicon of the Hebrew Language.
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