David A Reeder (5 May 1931 – 1 August 2005) was an English historian at the

University of Leicester The University of Leicester ( ) is a public university, public research university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park, Leicester, Victoria Park. The university's predecessor, Univ ...

. 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.

Early life

Reeder was born in

Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a historic maritime city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Est ...

, the son of a railway fireman, and evacuated to Rawcliffe and then

York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. After graduating from Nunthorpe Grammar School, Reeder won a scholarship at the

University of Durham Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837. It was the first recognised university to ...

, where he served as Editor of Palatinate. He was a member of

Hatfield College Hatfield College is one of the constituent colleges of Durham University in England. It occupies a city centre site above the River Wear on the World Heritage Site peninsula, lying adjacent to North Bailey and only a short distance from Durha ...

, where he was Captain of Table Tennis in 1950. Reeder took his PhD at the

Publications

* ''The Victorian City: Images and Realities'' (1973) * ''Urban Education In The Nineteenth Century'' (1977) * ''Educating Our Masters'' (1980)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reeder, David 1931 births 2005 deaths 20th-century British historians Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham Alumni of the University of Leicester People from Kingston upon Hull People from York Urban historians Palatinate (newspaper) editors