Albert Frederick Pollard

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Birmingham Newman University), Louise McDonald (Birmingham Newman University), Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow)

Dates

Born 16 Dec 1869
Died 3 Aug 1948
Activity 1893-1948

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Born in England
Active in England

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Albert Pollard was born London in 1869, the son of a moderately successful chemist. He was introduced to historical study at Oxford, where he was tutored by the assistant editor of the

English Historical Review

, R. L. Poole. However, his real introduction to historical method came in his work with the

Dictionary of National Biography

, for which he wrote 426 articles, and of which he was assistant editor from 1893. During this period he also published his first books.

In time, and as a result of studies such as A History of England from the Accession of Edward VI to the Death of Elizabeth (1910) and The Reign of Henry VIII from Contemporary Sources (1914), Pollard's view of Tudor political life set the boundaries of much future study . His approach was not philosophical, and stressed hard

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Albert Frederick Pollard". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 March 2002 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3591, accessed 21 November 2024.]