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Alfred W. Pollard

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Born
August 13 1859
Died
0707 03 19441944
Alfred William Pollard was an English bibliographer, widely credited for bringing a higher level of scholarly rigour to the study of Shakespearean texts.

Pollard was educated at King's College School in London and St John's College at the University of Oxford. He joined the staff of the British Museum in 1883, as assistant in the Department of Printed Books; he was promoted to Assistant Keeper in 1909, and Keeper in 1919. In the latter year, Pollard was appointed Professor of English Bibliography at the University of London. He was Honorary Secretary of the Bibliographical Society from 1893 to 1934 and edited the Society's journal The Library for thirty years . He received the Society's Gold Medal in 1929.

Pollard wrote widely on a range of subjects in English literature throughout his career, and collaborated with various scholars in specialized studies; he edited Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, and a collection of Fifteenth Century Poetry and Prose. With Gilbert Richard Redgrave, he edited the STC, or A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475–1640 .[2] He was a longtime friend of the poet A. E. Housman, and a close colleague of the prominent Shakespeare scholars Edmund Kerchever Chambers and R. B. McKerrow.

Alfred W. Pollard

3.8/5 ( ratings)
Born
August 13 1859
Died
0707 03 19441944
Alfred William Pollard was an English bibliographer, widely credited for bringing a higher level of scholarly rigour to the study of Shakespearean texts.

Pollard was educated at King's College School in London and St John's College at the University of Oxford. He joined the staff of the British Museum in 1883, as assistant in the Department of Printed Books; he was promoted to Assistant Keeper in 1909, and Keeper in 1919. In the latter year, Pollard was appointed Professor of English Bibliography at the University of London. He was Honorary Secretary of the Bibliographical Society from 1893 to 1934 and edited the Society's journal The Library for thirty years . He received the Society's Gold Medal in 1929.

Pollard wrote widely on a range of subjects in English literature throughout his career, and collaborated with various scholars in specialized studies; he edited Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, and a collection of Fifteenth Century Poetry and Prose. With Gilbert Richard Redgrave, he edited the STC, or A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475–1640 .[2] He was a longtime friend of the poet A. E. Housman, and a close colleague of the prominent Shakespeare scholars Edmund Kerchever Chambers and R. B. McKerrow.

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Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I

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The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table

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English Miracle Plays Moralities and Interludes

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Early Illustrated Books: A History of the Decoration and Illustration of Books in the 15th and 16th Centuries

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St. Catherine of Siena (Classic Reprint)

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Shakespeare's Fight With the Pirates and the Problems of the Transmission of the Text (Shakespeare Problems.)

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English Literature: Chaucer

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Le Morte d'Arthur, Vol. 1

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English Literature: William Caxton (Classic Reprint)

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A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898

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A Short History of English Printing 1476-1898 [Illustrated]

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Modern Fine Printing in England and Mr. Bruce Rogers

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The Townley plays

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Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table

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The Library of William Andrews Clark, Jr: The Kelmscott and Doves Presses. in Two Parts: Part I: Kelmscott Press; Part II: The Doves Press

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The Hesperides and Noble Numbers (Robert Herrick V1)

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