This American writer, born in 1779, was primarily a seminary professor and real estated developer in early New York City. He is best known for a poem he wrote--or did he?--which first appeared anonymously in a Troy NY paper in 1823. Some scholars suspect another writer, a relative of his wife, was the true author. At any rate, his poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" is still a part of holiday traditions today. This is Clement C. Moore, and the title we use now is "The Night Before Christmas."
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