Surrey
Surrey names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Surrey HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF, an English poet; born about 1516, 1010, was the grandson of the Earl of Surrey who was the victor at Flodden, and who, as a reward for his services, was created Duke of Norfolk. He succeeded to the when his courtesy title of Earl of Surrey father became 2d Duke of Norfolk in 1524. The Howards held an eminent position at the court of Henry VIII., and Surrey's cousin, Catherine Howard, became the king's fifth wife. Surrey was one of the leaders of the early poetic movement under Henry VIII. Most of his poems were translations or adaptations of Italian originals. His translations of the second and fourth books of the Æneid are the first attempt at blank verse in the English language. Shortly before Henry's death Surrey and his father were suspected of aiming at the throne, and were arrested and lodged in the Tower, and Surrey was tried, condemned, and executed on Tower Hill Jan. 19, 1547.
Surrey an inland county of southeast England
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
an inland county of southeast England. Area, 758 square miles. Pop. about 900,000. The county capital is Guildford (pop. about 25,000). The surface is hilly with a slope toward the Thames. The Mole and Wey are the principal streams. The northern half of the county is fertile, hops and wheat being the chief crops. Market gardening is carried on extensively. The western and southwestern part is covered to a great extent with heath. The manufacturing enterprises are of importance and include beer, cloth, leather, paper, pottery, and silk. As a result of its picturesque scenery the county is one of the most favored residential districts of London business men.
Surrey Earl of. See Howard
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
Earl of. See Howard ; Henry
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's 1921 county of 758 square miles, growing hops and wheat, is much reduced: the London Government Act of 1963 transferred Croydon, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton, Merton and other northern districts to Greater London in 1965, leaving roughly 640 square miles and about 1.2 million people. The market gardens and hop grounds have largely given way to commuter towns — Collier's already noted the county as "one of the most favored residential districts of London business men", and that is now its defining character. Guildford is called the county town, but the county council sat at Kingston upon Thames from 1893 until moving to Woodhatch Place near Reigate in 2021. On the poet, the account still stands: Henry Howard, executed on Tower Hill on 19 January 1547, is credited both with the first English blank verse in his Aeneid translations and with shaping the sonnet form Shakespeare later used.
Written for this edition, 2026.