Christopher Cullen is an English sinologist. He has an MA from

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in contin ...

in engineering and a PhD from the

School of Oriental and African Studies SOAS University of London (; the School of Oriental and African Studies) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury are ...

in classical Chinese. He is Director Emeritus of the Needham Research Institute and General Editor of the

Science and Civilisation in China ''Science and Civilisation in China'' (1954–present) is an ongoing series of books about the history of science and technology in China published by Cambridge University Press. It was initiated and edited by British historian Joseph Needham ( ...

series, succeeding

Joseph Needham Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham (; 9 December 1900 – 24 March 1995) was a British biochemist, historian of science and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science and technology, ini ...

. His own area of research is the

Han Dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by th ...

and he translated the Book on Numbers and Computation into English.University of Cambridge
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Publications

* * * --, and Vivienne Lo, eds.,
Medieval Chinese Medicine: The Dunhuang Medical Manuscripts
'' Taylor & Francis, Needham Research Institute Series, 2004. .

References

External links

* Christopher Cullen,
Making sense of the cosmos in ancient China
" Cambridge University. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cullen, Christopher Alumni of SOAS University of London Alumni of the University of Oxford British sinologists Fellows of Darwin College, Cambridge Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) de:Christopher Cullen