Reader

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Reader can mean a person who is reading a text, or a basal reader, a book used to teach reading. It may also refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Persons who read 3 Places 4 Newspapers and magazines 5 Computing and technology 6 Other 7 See also

[edit] People

• Reader Harris (1913-2009), British politician
• Colin Reader, English geologist
• Eddi Reader, Scottish singer
• Francis Reader (born 1965), Scottish musician
• Ralph Reader (1903-1982), British director and producer, famous for originating the Gang Show in Scouting
• Ted Reader, a well renowned Canadian chef

[edit] Persons who read

• A publisher's reader, also called a first reader
• Historically, a person who entertained cigar factory workers by reading books or newspapers aloud, also known as a lector; see cigar manufacture
• Reader (liturgy), someone charged with reading Scripture in church (also called a Lector)
• Reader (Christian Science Church), a person who conducts services in a Christian Science church, also called a First Reader or Second Reader
• Reader (Anglican Church)
• Reader (academic rank), the British academic rank between senior (or principal) lecturer and professor

[edit] Places

• Reader, Arkansas
• Reader, Illinois
• Reader, West Virginia

[edit] Newspapers and magazines

• The Chicago Reader, a newsweekly
• Duzhe (translated Reader(s)), a Chinese magazine
• High Plains Reader, an independent weekly tabloid
• Los Angeles Reader, a weekly paper, now defunct
• The Reader (magazine), a literary quarterly published by the University of Liverpool
• The San Diego Reader, a weekly newspaper in San Diego, California
• Utne Reader, a periodical
• The Weekly Reader, an educational magazine for children
• The Reader (newspaper), a weekly newspaper in Omaha, Nebraska

[edit] Computing and technology

• Adobe Reader
• Google Reader
• Microsoft Reader
• Sony Reader
• The e-Reader, by Nintendo
• Bible Reader for Palm
• screen reader

[edit] Other

• Reader-response criticism, a primarily German and American literary theory
• The Reader, a novel by Bernhard Schlink
• The Reader, 2008 movie based on this novel
• A basal reader, a textbook used in reading education:
  • McGuffey Readers, examples of these
• An anthology: a book of different pieces of writing, often by many authors, for example:
  • Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
• Plate reader (or microplate reader), a laboratory instrument

[edit] See also

• Reeder
• The Reader

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