David Reeder

David A Reeder (5 May 1931 – 1 August 2005) was an English historian at the University of Leicester.[1] He pursued a career in urban history and the history of education, co-founding the Urban History Group and editing the Urban History Yearbook for nine years.[1]

Early life

Reeder was born in Kingston upon Hull, the son of a railway fireman, and evacuated to Rawcliffe and then York during World War II.[2]

After graduating from Nunthorpe Grammar School, Reeder won a scholarship at the University of Durham, where he served as Editor of Palatinate.[3] He was a member of Hatfield College, where he was Captain of Table Tennis in 1950.[4] Reeder took his PhD at the University of Leicester.

Publications
  • The Victorian City: Images and Realities (1973)[5]
  • Urban Education In The Nineteenth Century (1977)[6]
  • Educating Our Masters (1980)[7]

References
  1. Rodger, Richard. "Obituary: David Reeder". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  2. Roger, Richard (August 2005). "David A. Reeder (1931–2005) Educationalist and urban historian". Urban Hustory. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  3. "Palatinate Online  » Past Editors". Palatinate. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  4. Moyes, Arthur (1996). Hatfield 1846-1996. p. 222.
  5. Dyos, Harold James (3 December 1998). The Victorian City: Images and Realities. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780415193238.
  6. Britain), History of Education Society (Great; Reeder, David A. (1 December 1977). Urban education in the nineteenth century: proceedings of the 1976 Annual Conference of the History of Education Society of Great Britain. Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9780850661262.
  7. Combe, George; Reeder, David A. (1 November 1980). Educating our masters: addresses and essays. Leicester University Press. ISBN 9780718550363.
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