Tom Ehrman

Tom Ehrman, PhD, is a researcher and translator with a special interest in Chinese medicine of the late Imperial period. Originally a student of natural sciences at Cambridge (UK), he studied Chinese at the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS) in London while pursuing a doctorate in ancient Chinese pharmacy at King’s College London, has worked with others in the field of Chinese medical translation and research, and his contributions have been published in a number of specialist journals. He also has a long-standing interest in Chinese poetry, particularly that of the Tang and Song dynasties, and is currently investigating a number of poets from the late Tang whose work is not well known outside China. He lives in London, UK.