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Past Member

Hal Cook

Funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

History of Medicine
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Harold Cook is studying 'global history' approaches to the history of medicine, particularly Latin translations from Chinese medical texts made in the seventeenth century by Jesuit missionaries with interventions by Dutch and German editors.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies
Fall

Degrees

University of Michigan
Ph.D.
1981
University of Michigan
M.A.
1975
Cornell College
B.A.
1974

Honors

2009
Pfizer Prize, History of Science Society
2008
Cundill International Prize in History, “Recognition of Excellence”
2003
Fellow Royal College of Physicians, London (Hon.)
1997
Welch Medal, American Association of the History of Medicine

Appointments

University Wisconsin-Madison
1985–2000
Professor
Harvard University
1982–1985
Assistant Prof
University of Oklahoma
1981–1982
Visiting Assistant Prof