1. John Byrom 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.
14 Facts About John Byrom
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Ralph Byrom came to Manchester from Lowton in 1485 and became a prosperous wool merchant.
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Edward John Byrom helped to foil a Royalist plot to seize Manchester in 1642.
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John Byrom was born at what is The Old Wellington Inn, Manchester, in 1692.
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John Byrom studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming a fellow there in 1714.
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John Byrom subsequently travelled abroad and studied medicine at Montpellier in France.
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John Byrom invented a system of shorthand and, having perfected this, returned to England in 1716.
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John Byrom lived here from time to time, but seems to have largely resided in a town house in Manchester and at Kersal Cell.
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John Byrom's favourite was his daughter Dorothy, known as Dolly.
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John Byrom greatly admired William Law and he often versified parts of Law's prose.
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John Byrom is remembered for his epigrams and, above all, his coinage of the phrase Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
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Ralph Tomlinson authored a parody of John Byrom's poem called A Slang Pastoral.
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John Byrom was a member of the Royal Society while Sir Isaac Newton was president, moving in some very influential social and intellectual circles in London and elsewhere.
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John Byrom died in 1763 and is buried in his family's private chapel, which is known as Jesus Chapel in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, England.