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Michael Cook Author & Editor

Michael Cook, Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, was educated at Cambridge and the School of Oriental and African Studies in the University of London. In 1986 he took up a position at Princeton. His publications include OUP's Very Short Introductions to the Koran and Mohammed. In 2002 he received the prestigious USD1.5million Distinguished Achievement Award from the Mellon Foundation for his significant contribution to humanities research.