Henry Livingston Jr.
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 197 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 13,1748 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Poughkeepsie |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Died | Poughkeepsie |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | February 29,1828 |
| Books | Thrice Happy Poetry: By the Author of the Night Before Christmas |
| Children | Catherine Livingston |
| Parents | Henry Gilbert Livingston |
| Grandchildren | Sidney Breese |
| Samuel Livingston Breese | |
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| ID | 4426186 |
Henry Livingston Jr. Life story
Henry Beekman Livingston Jr. has been proposed as being the uncredited author of the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, more popularly known as The Night Before Christmas. Credit for the poem was taken in 1837 by Clement Clarke Moore, a Bible scholar in New York City, nine years after Livingston's death.