David Allan Hamer (26 January 1938 – 15 May 1999) was a New Zealand historian. Hamer was born in

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and educated at the

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, where he was awarded a BA and MA in history with first class honours. In 1965, he was awarded a DPhil from

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. He then went on to teach at

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, the University of Auckland and

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. He was chairman of the history department at Victoria from 1984 until 1986 and again in 1997. He also served as dean of arts from 1988 until 1991 and assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs from 1991 until 1994. He was elected to a Fellowship of the

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. From 1993 until 1997 he was on the board of directors of the Urban History Association. He died of a heart attack in 1999, age 61.

Works

* , *‘The Irish Question and Liberal Politics, 1886–1894’, ''The Historical Journal'', Vol. 12, No. 3 (1969), pp. 511–532. * , *''Politics of Electoral Pressure: A Study in the History of Victorian Reform Agitation'' (Hassocks: Harvester Press, 1977). *‘Gladstone: The Making of a Political Myth’, ''Victorian Studies'', Vol. 22, No. 1 (Autumn, 1978), pp. 29–50. *‘Time, Space, and the Western Town’, ''AJAS'', Vol. 1, No. 2 (July 1981), pp. 15–24. *(with Max Kelly), ‘Urban history in Australasia’, ''Urban History Yearbook'', Vol. 1(1984), pp. 61–80. *''The New Zealand Liberals: The Years of Power, 1891–1912'' (Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1988). *''History in Urban Places: The Historic Districts of the United States'' (Ohio State University Press, 1998).

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* 1938 births 1999 deaths Writers from Auckland University of Auckland alumni 20th-century New Zealand historians Fellows of the Royal Historical Society {{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub