MacDonald P. Jackson the New Zealand Academy of the Humanities (FNZAH). In 2009 he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ). Jackson's most recent work was a year long examination of the disputed authorship of the classic poem "The Night Before Christmas", also called "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Jackson applied modern computational stylistics techniques to the corpora of verse left by both claimants, Clement Clarke Moore and Henry Livingston Jr., including a new test, statistical analysis of phonemes. His book, "Who Wrote" ""The Night Before Christmas"?" identifies the true author and makes a significant contribution to the
Nicholas Ruxton Moore of the Committee on Accounts (Thirteenth Congress). He died in Baltimore, and is interred in a private cemetery near Ruxton, Maryland. He was survived by his wife and four children. Nicholas Ruxton Moore Nicholas Ruxton Moore (July 21, 1756October 7, 1816) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland. Born near Baltimore, Maryland, Moore attended the common schools. He served as a member of Gist's Baltimore Independent Cadets and served throughout the greater part of the Revolutionary War, attaining the rank of captain. He served as the commander of the "Baltimore Light Dragoons" during the conflict. While in service, Moore wrote to