David Englander

David Englander (3 June 1949 – 7 April 1999) was a British historian of labour and poverty, and an authority on the work of Charles Booth and Jewish immigration to Britain.

Early life

David Englander was born in Whitechapel, London, on 3 June 1949, the son of a cabinet-maker. He was not successful at school until he came under the influence of inspiring teachers who encouraged him to apply for university. He graduated from Warwick University in 1970 in history and politics, where he was influenced by the communist historian E.P. Thompson.[1]

Career

Extract from Charles Booth's map of Whitechapel, 1889. The red areas are "well-to-do"; the black areas are "semi-criminal".

Englander studied at London University's Institute of Education and subsequently taught history at Dame Alice Owen's School. In 1972, he returned to Warwick University where he completed his MA and PhD. In 1976, he was a junior research fellow at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He joined the history department of the Open University in 1979 where he spent the rest of his career.[1][2]

Englander was an authority on the work of the social researcher and reformer Charles Booth, and set up the Charles Booth Centre for the History of Social Investigation at the Open University.[3] He created a CD-Rom database of the Booth Poverty Notebooks, and an undergraduate course on Booth's work.[1]

Family

Englander married fellow historian Rosemary O'Day, and acquired a step son. The couple had two sons together and co-edited several books.[1]

Death

Englander died on 7 April 1999. He had been suffering from cancer.[1] A conference on "The History of Social Investigation" was held at the Open University in 2005 in his memory.[3]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 David Englander. Arthur Marwick, The Guardian, 14 June 1999. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  2. Obituary of David Englander from the Open University. Clive Emsley, History Today. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 The Charles Booth Centre for the Study of Social Investigation. Department of History. Open University. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

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