Tim Cook, chief historian at Canadian War Museum, dies

Tim Cook, the chief historian at the Canadian War Museum and the country’s “pre-eminent military historian,” has died, the museum announced Sunday.

Cook was "a passionate ambassador" for both the museum and Canadian military history, and his contributions to the Ottawa museum over the past two-plus decades have been "enormous," said senior director of public affairs Yasmine Mingay in a statement.

Cook published more than 19 books and won numerous awards, the museum said, including the Ottawa Book Award for literary non-fiction on four separate occasions.

In his 2022 book Cook unearthed evidence that Canadian doctors were part of a British program that harvested organs from slain First World War soldiers without getting consent.

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