Timon Screech, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Timon Screech

British art historian

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1961

Place of Birth: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Profession: historian, university teacher, art historian

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Timon Screech (born 28 September 1961 in Birmingham) is a professor of the history of art at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
He is a specialist in the art and culture of early modern Japan. In 1985, Screech received a BA in Oriental Studies (Japanese) at the University of Oxford.
In 1991, he completed his PhD in art history at Harvard University.
Since graduating from Harvard, he has been at SOAS; and he has also been visiting professor of Art History at the University of Chicago, and guest researcher at Gakushuin University and Waseda University in Tokyo.
His main current research project is related to the early history of the English East India Company in Japan (1613–23). In July 2018 Screech was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).Screech's leisure interests are feliculture, urban gardening in Tokyo and learning Burmese.