author
A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard
1869–1948
A leading Tudor historian of the early 20th century, he helped shape how generations of readers understood Henry VIII, Wolsey, and the English Reformation. His work combines sharp political analysis with a clear sense of how power changed England.
3 Audiobooks
Henry VIII.
by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard
The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution
by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard
A Short History of the Great War
by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard
About the author
Born on December 16, 1869, Albert Frederick Pollard was a British historian best known for his work on Tudor England. He studied at Jesus College, Oxford, and went on to become one of the most influential interpreters of the Tudor period, especially the reign of Henry VIII and the upheavals of the Reformation.
Pollard also played an important part in academic life beyond his own books. He contributed hundreds of entries to the Dictionary of National Biography, taught for many years at the University of London, and was one of the founders of the Historical Association in 1906. His writing helped bring serious history to a wider reading public without losing its scholarly edge.
Remembered as a major figure in British historical scholarship, he spent much of his career arguing that the Tudor age was central to the making of modern England. He died on August 3, 1948.