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John Byrom

English poet and inventor of a shorthand system

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  • John Byrom. Line engraving by H. Cook after D. Rasbotham.
  • John Byrom. Line engraving by Topham after D. Rasbotham.

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    Miscellaneous poems / By John Byrom.

    John Byrom | Date: 1773
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    A catalogue of the Library of the late John Byrom, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., formerly fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, preserved at Kersall Cell, Lancashire / Printed for private circulation only.

    | Date: [1848]
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    Selections from the journals & papers of John Byrom, poet, diarist, shorthand writer, 1691-1763 / edited, with notes and biographical sketches of some of his notable contemporaries, by Henri Talon ; foreword by Bonamy Dobrée.

    John Byrom | Date: [1951, ©1950]
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    Bibliotheca Chethamensis. Sive Bibliothecæ Publicæ Mancuniensis ab Humfredo Chetham armigero fundatæ catalogus exhibens libros in varias classes pro varietate argumenti distributos ... / edidit J. Radcliffe, etc.

    Chetham's Library | Date: 1791-1883
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