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.