David Reeder

David A Reeder (5 May 1931 – 1 August 2005) was an English historian at the University of Leicester. 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, the son of a railway fireman, and evacuated to Rawcliffe and then York during World War II.

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

Publications

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