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:
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[edit] People
- Colin Reader (born ?), English geologist
- Eddi Reader (born 1959), Scottish singer
- Felix Reader (1850–1911), German-born Australian chemist and amateur botanist
- Francis Reader (born 1965), Scottish musician, band-member of "The Trash Can Sinatras"
- Ralph Reader (1903–1982), British director and producer
- Richard Reader Harris (KC) (1847–1909), English barrister and Pentecostalist
- Reader Harris (1913–2009), British politician
- Ted Reader (born ?), 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
- Reader (Inns of Court), originally a senior barrister of the Inns of Court in London who was elected to deliver a lecture or series of lectures on a particular legal topic
[edit] Places
- Reader, Arkansas
- Reader Railroad, a tourist railroad operating in Arkansas
- Reader, Illinois
- Reader, West Virginia
[edit] Newspapers and magazines
- 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
- San Diego Reader, a weekly newspaper in San Diego, California
- Utne Reader, a periodical
- Weekly Reader, an educational magazine for children
- The Reader (newspaper), a weekly newspaper in Omaha, Nebraska
[edit] Computing and technology
- Adobe Reader
- Foxit Reader, a multilingual PDF reader
- Google Reader, a Web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds online or offline
- K-NFB Reader, a handheld electronic reading device for the blind
- Microsoft Reader, a Microsoft program for the reading of e-books
- Microsoft Fingerprint Reader, a device that was produced by Microsoft
- Sony Reader, a line of e-book readers manufactured by Sony
- The Nintendo e-Reader, by Nintendo
- Bible Reader for Palm
- screen reader, a software application that attempts to identify and interpret what is being displayed on the screen
[edit] Other
- Reader-response criticism, a primarily German and American literary theory
- The Reader, a 1995 novel by Bernhard Schlink
- The Reader (2008 film), 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, a series of books containing trivia and short essays on miscellaneous topics, ostensibly for reading in the bathroom
- Plate reader (or microplate reader), a laboratory instrument
- Readers, a slang term for reading glasses
[edit] See also
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