Byrom, John, 1692-1763
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Name (Latin)
Byrom, John, 1692-1763
Date of birth
1692-02-29
Date of death
1763-09-26
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- His The Universal English short-hand, 1767.
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John Byrom
Unknown author, Public domain
File:Advert for Byroms Shorthand, Daily Gazetteer (London Edition) 6 May 1741.jpg
John Byrom, Public domain
File:Byrom Hall, Slag Lane Lowton - geograph.org.uk - 1403901.jpg
Alan Nixon, CC BY-SA 2.0
File:John Byrom. Line engraving by Topham after D. Rasbotham. Wellcome V0000940.jpg
, CC BY 4.0
File:John Byrom.jpg
Unknown author, Public domain
File:Kersal Cell.JPG
Richerman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikipedia description:
John Byrom, John Byrom of Kersal, or John Byrom of Manchester (29 February 1692 – 26 September 1763) was an English poet, the inventor of a revolutionary system of shorthand and later a significant landowner. He is most remembered as the writer of the lyrics of Anglican hymn "Christians, awake, salute the happy morn", which was supposedly a Christmas gift for his daughter.
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