Frederick Pollen Explained

Frederick Pollen
Birth Date:	1847
Death Date:	11 February 1876
Death Place:	Bulandshahr, India
Occupation:	District Collector at Bulandshahr

Frederick Pollen (1847 - 11 February 1876) was a British District Collector at Bulandshahr, India. He had been a student at Dublin University, and passed the examination for the Indian Civil Service and Home Civil Service in first class in 1867,^[1] taking 13th place.^[2] In 1869 he was assistant magistrate and collector at Meerut.^[3] He married Emily Charlotte (née Patrick).^[4] The old District Gazetteer of Bulandshahr is largely based on his work, along with Raja Lachhman Singh, and on the settlement report by R. G. Currie.^[5] Pollen died in Bulandshahr on 11 February 1876, at the age of 29.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Calendar. 1836–1951 . Hodges, Figgis & Co. Dublin . https://archive.org/details/calendar3190607trinuoft/page/22/mode/2up?q=Frederick+Pollen. III. List of successful candidates at the examination for the Indian Civil Service and Home Civil Service (First Class). 23.
2. News: ICS . . 1 June 1867 . Dublin, Republic of Ireland . 1.
3. Book: Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List . 1871 . J. Murray. . en. 30.
4. Book: Burke . Bernard . Fox-Davies . Arthur Charles . A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland . 1912 . Dalcassian Publishing Company . 98 . en.
5. Book: Nevill . H. R. . Bulandshahr: A Gazetteer . 1903 . Government Press . Allahabad . preface, 128.
6. Book: Allen's Indian mail and register of intelligence for British and foreign India: 1876,1/6 . 1876 . en. 254.
7. Book: Pollock . John Charles . Shadows Fall Apart: The Story of the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission . 1958 . Hodder and Stoughton . en. 103–108.