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Harold John Cook (born 1952), Honorary FRCP, served as Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College, London (UCL) from 2000 to 2009, and was the Queen Wilhelmina Visiting Professor of History at Columbia University in New York during the 2007-2008 academic year.〔Columbia University: ( faculty bio )〕 Prof. Cook's research interest include a number of related projects on the ways by which medical knowledge was exchanged between distant locations. More generally, he is interested in the ways in which challenges and opportunities for the field of the history of medicine are unfolding in the context of recent developments in global history.〔 Cook is co-editor of the journal ''Medical History,'' serves on a number of advisory boards and professional bodies, and has been elected to an honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians.〔 ==Academic career== Prof. Cook's academic career has evolved across decades.〔 * 1974 - BA Cornell College * 1975 - MA University of Michigan * 1981 - PhD University of Michigan * 1982 - Assistant Professor, Harvard University * 1985 - Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison * 1988 - Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison * 1993 - Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison * 2000 - 2009 Director, The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL * 2010 - John F. Nickoll Professor of History, Brown University In ''Matters of Exchange'' (2007), Cook argues that engaging in international trade changed the thinking of the Dutch and those with whom they came in contact. He suggests that the preference for accurate information which accompanied the rise of commerce also laid the groundwork for the rise of science globally. The book documents the developments in medicine and natural history were fundamental aspects of this new science. It was a runner-up for the 2008 Cundill Prize. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harold Cook (medical historian)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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