Michael Cook (b.1940), scholar

Michael Allan Cook (b.1940) is a British scholar, also active in the United States. Educated at King's College, Cambridge (1959-1963) and completed his postgraduate Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (1963-66) under Bernard Lewis. He taught islamic Studies at SOAS (1966-1986). In 1986 he moved to the United States, as Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University.

Works

Books

• Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World (1977 Crone, Cook), book

• Early Muslim Dogma: A Source-Critical Study (1981 Cook), book

• Muhammad (1983 Cook), book

• The Koran: A Very Short Introduction (2000 Cook), book

• Studies in the Origins of Islamic Culture and Tradition (2004 Cook), book

External links

• Wikipedia