Ben Schrader (19 July 1964 – 19 April 2024) was a New Zealand historian specialising in urban history.

[3] Schrader's master's thesis was titled Planning Happy Families: A History of the Naenae Idea,[2] and it received the university's F.P.

[6] Schrader was a contributor to the urban plates of the New Zealand Historical Atlas (1990–1997, edited by Malcolm McKinnon).

[17] 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".

[21] 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.