Dirk Imhof (born 1961) is a Belgian book historian, author and museum curator specializing in rare books and rare maps of Renaissance Europe, particularly the activities and output of Christopher Plantin and his successor Jan Moretus at the Plantin Press in 16th-century Antwerp.
His father was an employee of Belgacom, the Belgian telecom company.
He is married to Karen Lee Bowen,[1] an American specialist on the history of engraving and old master prints.
[2] He currently works as curator of books and archives at the Plantin-Moretus Museum, a world heritage site in Antwerp, Belgium.
[3] Imhof has published in both Dutch (his native language) and English.