Pollock, Sir Frederick, 3rd Baronet

(born Dec. 10, 1845, London, Eng.—died Jan. 18, 1937, London) British legal scholar. He taught at the University of Oxford (1883–1903) and was made a king's counsel in 1920. He was noted for his History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I (1895; written with Frederic W. Maitland) and several standard textbooks. He maintained a 60-year correspondence with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.; the Holmes-Pollock Letters were published in 1941.

Source: Encyclopedia Britannica