David Pearson (librarian)

David Pearson (born 1955) is an English librarian who served as the Director of Culture, Heritage and Libraries at the City of London Corporation between 2009 and 2017; his brief covered London Metropolitan Archives, Guildhall Library, City Business Library, Guildhall Art Gallery, and other institutions. He retired in early 2017 to focus on his work in book history and was a Senior Member of Darwin College, Cambridge until 2024.

He is Honorary Senior Research Associate of the Department of Information Studies, University College London (from 2016); and Distinguished Senior Fellow of the School of Advanced Study, University of London (from 2022). A member of the Faculty of the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia, he teaches regularly at the London Rare Book School.