John Byrom

Saturday, March 20th, 2010 at 6:14 pm

John Byrom (29 February 1692 – 26 September 1763) was an English poet and inventor of a revolutionary system of shorthand. Having perfected his shorthand system, he returned to England in 1716 to teach his shorthand system to the medical practitioners in Manchester.

Shortly after coming into his family inheritance in 1740, Byrom patented his “New Universal Shorthand”. This system of shorthand was taught officially at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities and was used by the clerk in the House of Lords.

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John Byrom’s literary works

Although Byrom is probably best remembered for his A Forgotten Christmas Carol, he was regarded by his contemporaries as a poet and a literary man. Most of his poems, the best-known of which is My spirit longeth for Thee, were religious in tone. He is also remembered for his epigrams, and, above all, his coinage of the phrase Tweedledum and Tweedledee (in connection with a dispute about the merits of two composers).

Byrom died in 1763 and is buried in the Jesus Chapel, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, England. His papers, though preserved for some time after his death, were mysteriously destroyed in the nineteenth century. A few surviving items have suggested that he may have belonged to an early proto-masonic society, similar to the Gentleman’s Club of Spalding. His library of books and manuscripts was donated to Chetham’s Library by his descendant Eleanora Atherton in 1870.

George Strait: Merry Christmas Strait To You [Vinyl LP] [Stereo] [Cutout]

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How Do You Like Me Now?! [HDCD]

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Modern Coking Practice: Including the Analysis of Materials and Products : A Handbook for Those Engaged in Coke Manufacture and the Recovery of Bye-Products

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Byrom Collection

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