Keith Pratt

{{Short description|British scholar of East Asia (born 1938)}}

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Keith Leslie Pratt (born 27 January 1938) is a British academic, author, historian, Koreanist, Sinologist and professor emeritus in the Department of East Asian Studies at Durham University in the United Kingdom.University of Chicago Press, [http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?mode=bio&isbn=9781861893352 author bio notes]

Life

Pratt is the author or coauthor of numerous books and articles on Korea, including Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary.

Selected work

Pratt's published writings encompass 53 works in 76 publications in 3 languages and 2,174 library holdings.[http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm WorldCat Identities] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230150412/http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm |date=2010-12-30 }}: [http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50-22861 Pratt, Keith L.]

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  • 2006 — Everlasting Flower: a History of Korea
  • 1999 — Korea: a Historical and Cultural Dictionary
  • 1995 — Korean Painting
  • 1970 — Visitors to China; Eyewitness Accounts of Chinese History

Honours

  • Korea Foundation, 2002.University of Durham, News & Events: [http://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=3114&rehref=/news/archive/&resubj=%20Headlines "Korean specialist honoured,"] 16 January 2002.
  • British Association for Korean Studies, secretary, 2010.British Association for Korean Studies, BAKS, [http://www.baks.org.uk/Council.html Council, 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922071904/http://www.baks.org.uk/Council.html |date=2008-09-22 }}

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