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Surrey Institution
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.〔''(The Microcosm of London )'' Rudolph Ackermann, 1811, reprinted by Methuen, 1904, pages 154-160〕 The Institution lasted only until 1823,〔''(A History of the Surrey Institution )'', F. Kurzer, in Annals of Science, Volume 57, Number 2, 1 April 2000 , pp. 109-141(33)〕 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. The Surrey Literary, Scientific and Zoological Institution founded in 1831 by Edward Cross was unconnected, being a vehicle for the Royal Surrey Gardens.〔Ben Weintraub, Christopher Hibbert (editors), ''The London Encyclopedia'' (1983), p. 848.〕 )
==History==
Early meetings were held at the London coffee house on Ludgate Hill.〔''(The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and Parts Adjacent )'' volume 4, Thomas Allen, Jaques and Wright, 1827 - 1829, pages 542-3〕 The institution chose its name after a property convenient for its needs was found: the Rotunda Building on the south side of the Thames, at the time part of the county of Surrey.
The architect employed was Joseph T. Parkinson, son of James Parkinson who owned the Rotunda, opened in 1787. The building had been the final home of the Leverian Museum, housing the collection of Sir Ashton Lever, but had fallen into disrepair.〔''(Old and New London ) volume 6'', Edward Walford, Cassell & Company, page 382〕 The Institution renovated it to include a large lecture hall capable of accommodating 500 people, and a galleried library of 60 feet in length; it opened on 1 May 1808. Other facilities in the building included committee rooms; a library with lending facilities; a reading room, chemical laboratory and contemporary philosophical apparatus.〔
Costs were met by an initial 458 subscribers contributing thirty guineas each.〔 The library had more than 5000 volumes by 1810.〔
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