Alfred W. Pollard

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Alfred W. Pollard
1928 painting of Pollard
Born(1859-08-14)14 August 1859
Kensington, London, England
Died8 March 1944(1944-03-08) (aged 84)
Wimbledon, London, England
EducationSt John's College, Oxford (MA)
Occupations
  • Bibliographer
  • literary scholar
Notable workShakespeare Folios and Quartos (1909)
Spouse
Alice England
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(m. 1887)​

Alfred William Pollard CB FBA (14 August 1859 – 8 March 1944) was an English bibliographer and scholar of English literature. He is widely credited with bringing a higher level of scholarly rigour to the study of Shakespearean texts.

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