Introduction

Biography

Thomas was the son of Sa­mu­el Pol­lock and Ka­ther­ine Jane Wil­liam­son.

He was edu­cat­ed at Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, Dub­lin, Ire­land (BA 1859, MA 1863), where he won the Vice-Chan­cel­lor’s Prize for Eng­lish Verse in 1855.

He stu­died me­di­cine in Lon­don, but in 1861 de­cid­ed to take Ho­ly Or­ders (dea­con 1861, priest 1862)). He served as cur­ate of St. Luke’s, Leeds; St. Tho­mas’, Stam­ford Hill, Lon­don; and Ho­ly Tri­ni­ty, Bor­des­ley, Bir­min­gham, where his bro­ther, James Sa­mu­el Pol­lock, was vi­car.

Then, for the rest of his life, he min­is­tered to the poor at St. Al­ban’s Mis­sion in Birm­ing­ham.

Pollock was a mem­ber of the Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern com­mit­tee, and was its chair­man, 1895–96.