Sidney Pollard

|birth_place = Vienna, Austria |death_date = |death_place = Sheffield, England |occupation = Historian |alma_mater = London School of Economics |discipline = Labour history |main_interests = Industrialisation |workplaces = |spouse = |}} |children = 3 }} Sidney Pollard (born Sigfried Pollak; 21 April 1925 – 22 November 1998) was a British economic and labour historian, and Professor at the University of Sheffield. He pioneered the study of the role of economic management in the processes of industrialisation, which he thought was best examined at regional levels rather than national levels. Provided by Wikipedia