John Byrom, 18th century English writer and poet born in Manchester, 1821. Artist: Anon
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John Byrom, English writer and poet born in Manchester, 1821. Byrom (1692-1763) invented a system of shorthand. Frontispiece of Introduction to Byrom's Short-Hand by Molyneux. (London, 1821).