Surrey Institution

Lecture Hall of the Surrey Institution, c.1808, aquatint by Joseph Constantine Stadler

The Surrey Institution was an organisation devoted to scientific, literary and musical education and research, based in London. It was founded by private subscription in 1807, taking the Royal Institution, founded in 1799, as a model.[1] The Institution lasted only until 1823,[2] when it was dissolved. (A separate and distinct charity, The Surrey Institution was formed in 1812 with aims to discharge persons confined to gaol in the county for debt.[3] The Surrey Literary, Scientific and Zoological Institution founded in 1831 by Edward Cross was unconnected, being a vehicle for the Royal Surrey Gardens.[4] )

  1. ^ The Microcosm of London Rudolph Ackermann, 1811, reprinted by Methuen, 1904, pages 154–160
  2. ^ A History of the Surrey Institution, F. Kurzer, in Annals of Science, Volume 57, Number 2, 1 April 2000 , pp. 109–141(33)
  3. ^ The annual subscription charities and public societies in London. John Murrey. 1823. pp. 107.
  4. ^ Ben Weintraub, Christopher Hibbert (editors), The London Encyclopedia (1983), p. 848.