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. [1]
Pratt is the author or coauthor of numerous books and articles on Korea, including Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary. [1]
Pratt's published writings encompass 53 works in 76 publications in 3 languages and 2,174 library holdings. [2]
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