John Byrom
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John Byrom [1]
an English poet, was born at Kersall, near Manchester, in 1691. After studying at Merchant Taylors School in London, he graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1711, became a fellow there, travelled in France, next gave lessons in stenography in London, and at length settled upon his native estate, and died there, September 28, 1763. He was of a mystical turn, and besides various miscellaneous essays and pieces, he published Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739; reprinted 1773,1814, and in his collected poems, 1857), some of which are quite popular.
