Herbert Patrick Reginald Finberg (1900–1974)[1] was an English historian, typographer and publisher.
After working at several publishing companies and founding his own (Alcuin Press), he joined the faculty of Leicester University in 1952.
[2] He became head of the Department of English Local History, which was recognised as the only centre for postgraduate studies in the subject.
Other works included Tavistock Abbey (1949), The Formation of England (1974) and Manual of Catholic Prayer (1962).
In the late 1940s and 1950s he was also an advisor to His Majesty's Stationery Office on publications such as the order of service for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.