Robert Surtees (1779-1834)
English antiquary and historian educated at Christ Church, Oxford; his county history of
Durham began appearing in 1816. Reginal Heber and Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe were among his
schoolmates and Sir Walter Scott was a friend.
English antiquary and historian educated at Christ Church, Oxford; his county history of
Durham began appearing in 1816. Reginal Heber and Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe were among his
schoolmates and Sir Walter Scott was a friend.
