Michael Cook (b.1940), scholar
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Michael Allan Cook (b.1940) is a British scholar, also active in the United States.
Biography
Michael Cook was 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 on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Origins
Books
- [[Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World (1977 Crone, Cook), book