W. J. Reader
William Joseph Reader (20 November 1920 – 5 June 1990)[1] was an English historian who specialised in British company history. Theo Barker described him as "the foremost British company historian of his day".[1]
Life
Born in Weston-super-Mare, Reader attended Taunton School before going up to Jesus College, Cambridge to read history.[1] During the Second World War he served in the Royal Signals Corps.[1]
Reader worked at Unilever in advertising, market research and public relations roles from 1950 to 1964.[2] He left the company to become a freelance historian, and went on to write well-received histories of Imperial Chemical Industries, Grand Metropolitan and Weir Group, among others.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d In Memoriam: Dr W. J. Reader, 1920–1990 T. C. Barker Business History Vol. 33, Iss. 1, 1991
- ^ a b Judy Slinn, ‘Reader, William Joseph (1920–1990)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 30 Sept 2014
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