Keith Leslie Pratt (born 27 January 1938) is a British

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, Koreanist, Sinologist and professor emeritus in the Department of East Asian Studies at

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills ( Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_cha ...

in the United Kingdom.University of Chicago Press
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/ref> 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. * 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. *

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, secretary, 2010.British Association for Korean Studies, BAKS
Council, 2010

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Living people 1938 births Koreanists British sinologists British orientalists 20th-century British male writers 20th-century British historians 21st-century British male writers 21st-century British historians British male non-fiction writers Academics of Durham University {{UK-academic-stub