Pollard, Albert Frederick (1869–1948)

British historian. He was professor of English history at the University of London from 1903–27 and worked indefatigably to develop there a considerable and distinguished history school. He founded the Historical Association in 1906, edited the Association's newly-acquired journal, History, from 1916–24, raising it to a high level of quality and influence, and in 1920 brought about the foundation of the Institute of Historical Research of which he was director until 1931.

Pollard was born in Ryde on the Isle of Wight. He was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School, Felsted School, and Jesus College, Oxford University. The outstanding authority on the Tudor period in his generation, Pollard's works include The Jesuits in Poland (1892), England under the Protector Somerset (1900), The Reign of Henry VII (1913–14), A Short History of the Great War (1920), Factors in American History (1925), and Wolsey (1929).