Clement C. Moore ---1779 Moore was born in into one of New York's crustier upper-crust families ---1804 His father gave last rites to Alexander Hamilton after he was wounded---1798 Clement Moore graduated from Columbia as valedictorian ---1821-1850 Clement was a professor at an Episcopal General Theological Seminary in Oriental and Greek Literature( college located in NY) ---1822 Clement wrote "The Night Before Christmas" on Christmas Eve and recited the poem to his family ---1823 "The Night Before Christmas" was published anonymously in the Sentinel in Troy, NY ---1830 Clement began selling inherited Manhattan farmland --- 1863 Moore dies

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