John Byrom or
John Byrom of Kersal or
John Byrom of Manchester FRS (29 February 1692 – 26 September 1763) was an English poet, the inventor of a revolutionary system of
shorthand and later a significant landowner. He 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.