John Byrom biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of John Byrom

Author Name:

John Byrom

Born As:

John Byrom

Other Names:

John Byrom

Born:

29 Feb 1692

Died:

26 Sep 1763




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Poet and shorthand developer                          
Selected Works:

Anglican hymn Christians Awake, salute the happy morn
Poem My spirit longeth for Thee

Coined the phrase Tweedledum and Tweedledee.                          
                          
John Byrom’s system of shorthand was taught officially at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities and was used by the clerk in the House of Lords.                          
The original manuscript for the Anglican hym was writen for his daughter Dolly, is headed "Christmas Day for Dolly", and it was first published in Harrop’s Manchester Mercury in 1746, and renamed Christmas Awake.