The Resume

(July 15, 1779-July 10, 1863)
Born in New York City, New York
Best known as the author of ‘A Visit from Saint Nicholas’ (1823)
Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature at Columbia University

Why he might be annoying:

His famous Christmas poem is usually miscalled ‘Twas the Night before Christmas.’
He denied having written the poem for years, considering it too frivolous a work for a learned man such as himself.
His authorship of ‘A Visit from Saint Nicholas’ has been disputed.
He was against the abolition of slavery and owned several slaves.
He based his Christmas poem on Dutch customs he knew little about.
He used his chubby Dutch neighbor as a model for 'Saint Nick.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He finally acknowledged authorship of ‘A Visit from Saint Nicholas’ to please his children.
His poem made Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus a Christmas tradition worldwide.
He wrote a highly respected English/Hebrew dictionary.
He served on the board of the New York Institution for the Blind for ten years.
There is an annual reading of ‘A Visit from Saint Nicholas’ at Manhattan’s Clement Clarke Moore Park.

Credit: Georgina

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• 19th Century Poets
• Children's Book Authors
• Eminent Victorians
• Georgina/Devil Doll's Profiles [Series 3]
• I Attended Columbia
• I Come from Queens
• I was Home Schooled
• Look at Me, I'm Reading
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Poets
• Profiles 22501-22750 (Ranked: 22573)
• Satirized on Rocko’s Modern Life
• Slave Owners
• Teachers

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 34.62% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 27 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 55.56% Annoying