John Byrom
Sign in to saveEnglish poet and inventor of a shorthand system
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1692
- Died
- 1763
- Works
- 23
Top works
- An epistle to a friend
- A full and true account of an horrid and barbarous robbery, committed on Epping-forest, upon the body of the Cambridge coach
- The prologue and epilogue to the new tragi-comical-farcical opera [by Samuel Johnson], call'd, Hurlothrumbo ...
- 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
- Miscellaneous poems
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 40
- Total plays
- 73
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,201x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,536x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,305x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,191x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,820x
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Quotes
- “Sir, you must be all caution and no fear, and you'll find true what our old friend Archimedes said some while ago.”
- “Some say, that Signor Bononcini, Compared to Handel's a mere ninny; Others aver, to him, that Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. Strange! that such high dispute should be 'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.”
- “Christians, awake! salute the happy morn, Whereon the Saviour of mankind was born.”
- “Take time enough: all other graces Will soon fill up their proper places.”
- “The point is plain as a pike-staff.”
- “Bone and Skin, two millers thin, Would starve us all, or near it; But be it known to Skin and Bone That Flesh and Blood can't bear it.”
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to John Byrom, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Categories
1692 births1763 deathsAlumni of Trinity College, CambridgeBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyByrom familyCreators of shorthand systemsEnglish AnglicansEnglish male poetsFellows of Trinity College, CambridgeFreemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of EnglandPeople educated at Merchant Taylors' School, NorthwoodPeople educated at The King's School, ChesterWriters from Manchester