![]() ![]() Located on land donated by the “Bard of Chelsea” himself, the seminary still stands today on Ninth Avenue between 20 th and 21 st Streets, in an area known as Chelsea Square. Nicholas in 1822, Moore was a Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, as well as Divinity and Biblical Learning, at the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He became a well-known and respected scholar and, typical for an educated person of his period, Moore’s publications related to a wide variety of topics such as religion, languages, politics, and poetry. Moore was educated at home in his early youth and graduated first in his class from Columbia in 1798. Benjamin Moore, Episcopal Bishop of New York, Rector of Trinity Church, and President of Columbia College. He was the only child of heiress Charity Clarke and Dr. The house itself was located at what is now Eighth Avenue and West 23 rd Street. Clement Clarke Moore was born on July 15, 1779, in a large mansion, on his parents’ Chelsea estate that encompassed the area that is now 18 th to 24 th Streets between Eighth and Tenth Avenues in Manhattan. ![]()
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