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]
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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]
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