page_title: Tim Cook (historian)
hierarchical_section_title: Tim Cook (historian)
caption_attribution_description: English: Tim Cook at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival
context_page_description: Tim Cook CM is a Canadian military historian and author. Cook is an historian at the Canadian War Museum and the author of eleven books about the military history of Canada during World War I. Having written extensively about World War I, Cook's focus shifted to Canada's involvement in World War II with the 2014 publication of the first volume in a two-volume series chronicling Canada's role in that war. He is a two time recipient of the C.P. Stacey Prize. He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 2019. He is a member of the Order of Canada.
context_section_description: Tim Cook CM (born 1971 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian military historian and author. Cook is an historian at the Canadian War Museum and the author of eleven books about the military history of Canada during World War I.  Having written extensively about World War I, Cook's focus shifted to Canada's involvement in World War II with the 2014 publication of the first volume in a two-volume series chronicling Canada's role in that war. He is a two time recipient (2000 and 2015) of the C.P. Stacey Prize. He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 2019. He is a member of the Order of Canada.
caption: Cook at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2017
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