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Frederick Julius Pohl (August 18, 1889 – February 21, 1991) was a prolific playwright, literary critic, editor and book writer. He is best known for his books espousing speculative and controversial historical theories of Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact by Europeans, including the Vikings and others.

Pohl was the husband of playwright/author Josephine McIlvain Pollitt (October 15, 1890 - August 1978; married Frederick in May 1926) and later Loretta M. Baker (née Champagne, 1906 - April 27, 2002; married Frederick in 1980). He graduated from Amherst College in 1911 and from Columbia University in 1914 with a Master of Arts.

Other works

  • Cook, F. A., ed., Return from the Pole (New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1951).
  • Like to the Lark: The Early Years of Shakespeare (New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1972).
  • William Shakespeare: A Biography (Rochester, NY: Dupont Books, 1983).
  • The New Columbus (Rochester, NY: Dupont Books, 1986).
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