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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, KG (1516/1517–19 January 1547) was an English nobleman, politician and poet. He was one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry and was the last known person to have been executed at the instance of King Henry VIII.
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (born 1517, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, Eng.?—died Jan. 13, 1547, London) was a poet who, with Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42), introduced into England the styles and metres of the Italian humanist poets and so laid the foundation of a great age of English poetry.
Henry Howard, Earl Of Surrey. 1517–1547. Portrait of the poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey by Hans Holbein the Younger. Tudor poet Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey, was born in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England. He was the son of the third Duke of Norfolk.
Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, (born 1517, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, Eng.?—died Jan. 13, 1547, London), English poet. Because of his aristocratic birth and connections, Surrey was involved in the jockeying for place that accompanied Henry VIII ’s policies.
The life of the English Renaissance poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-47) is not read or studied as much as his near-contemporary, Sir Thomas Wyatt, although his importance to the development of English literature was arguably greater.
Henry Howard, earl of Surrey (SUR-ee), was born about 1517 into one of the most powerful noble families of sixteenth century England. His father, Sir Thomas Howard, was made third duke of...
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet and courtier. Biography, works, essays and resources.
Oct 25, 2017 · Enjoying the dubious honor in ancestral history of being the last person executed during Henry VIII’s reign, Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey (b. 1516/17–d. 1547), occupies an unusual place in literary history.
Mar 27, 2003 · This book provides a comprehensive biography of Henry Howard, Poet Earl of Surrey. It combines historical scholarship with close readings of poetic texts and Tudor paintings to explore Surrey's unique life.
Introduction. Letters. No poetical manuscripts are known to survive in Surrey's own handwriting. The only examples of his hand are a few letters chiefly in the National Archives, Kew, and in the British Library, certain of which are entirely in his hand but most of them written by amanuenses and signed by him.
