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Ben Schrader was born on 19 July, 1964 in Christchurch, New Zealand, is a New Zealand historian (1964–2024). Discover Ben Schrader's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?
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59 years old |
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Cancer |
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19 July 1964 |
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19 July |
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Christchurch, New Zealand |
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19 April, 2024 |
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Ben Schrader Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ben Schrader worth at the age of 59 years old? Ben Schrader’s income source is mostly from being a successful Historian. He is from New Zealand. We have estimated Ben Schrader's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Ben Schrader (19 July 1964 – 19 April 2024) was a New Zealand historian specialising in urban history.
Schrader was born in Christchurch in 1964, and grew up in Wellington.
Schrader was a contributor to the urban plates of the New Zealand Historical Atlas (1990–1997, edited by Malcolm McKinnon).
He was the co-editor and co-author of the Economy and the City chapters of Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
He obtained a bachelor's degree in arts from Victoria University of Wellington followed by a master's degree in 1993.
His master's thesis was titled Planning Happy Families: A History of the Naenae Idea, and it received the university's F.P. Wilson Prize.
He has spoken publicly about the importance of Naenae to New Zealand's urban planning history.
He was a founding member of the Professional Historians' Association of New Zealand (PHANZA) in 1994, served on its first committee, and in 2023 was made a life member of the organisation.
In 2001 he completed his doctorate at the University of Melbourne; his thesis was titled Rebuilding Melbourne: modernity and progress in the central business district, 1910–50.
In 2006 his book We Call It Home: a history of state housing in New Zealand (2005) was shortlisted for the history award at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.
The Waikato Times described the book as a "must-read book for all New Zealanders as it provides a valuable snapshot of an initiative we can be proud of".
From 2015 onwards he served on the committee of Historic Places Wellington.
In 2015 journalist Chris Trotter cited the work in a discussion about the politics of state housing, and in 2024 Max Rashbrooke referred to it as an "excellent book" that was relevant to the Government's announcement of a "crackdown" on emergency housing.
In 2016 he was interviewed by Radio New Zealand about New Zealand's urban history.
In 2017, Schrader's book The Big Smoke: New Zealand Cities, 1840–1920 (2016) received the W.H. Oliver Prize, awarded by the New Zealand Historical Association.
The award recognises the best book published in New Zealand history on the previous two years.
The work also received the 2017 New Zealand Heritage Non-Fiction Book Award, and was shortlisted for the General Non-Fiction award at the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
A review of The Big Smoke in the Journal of New Zealand Studies said the work "makes a powerful case for the centrality of the urban in New Zealand’s evolving identity".
Erik Olssen writing in the New Zealand Journal of History noted some "scholarly issues" with the text but said these should not detract from the "general reader's enjoyment"; he said the work "contained much fresh and original material, often enlivened by pertinent biographical essays, [and] deftly introduced the broader socio-cultural context".
In 2017, Schrader received the CLNZ Writers' Award, worth $25,000, towards work on his next research project.
He was awarded the Athfield Cup by the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Institute of Architects in 2021; the cup is presented annually to a Wellingtonian who is not a practising architect for their contribution to the conservation of Wellington's architecture.
Schrader held the 2022 JD Stout Fellowship at Victoria University of Wellington, during which his research work focused on the history of urban conservation in New Zealand.
Schrader died on 19 April 2024, at the age of 59.
His areas of interest included the history of state housing in New Zealand and urban development in New Zealand in the 19th and 20th centuries.
