Author : Timothy Brook

Timothy Brook, a Ph.D. in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University, is a professor in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is a historian of extraordinary storytelling skills with a focus on Chinese Studies. He studied under Philip A. Kuhn at Harvard and Joseph Needham at the University of Oxford, both of whom were renowned sinologists. His research interests include the social and cultural history of the Ming dynasty in China, the modern history of China, and global history. Vermeer's Hat is his most acclaimed book.