Essays in zen buddhism was written by someone whom the author refers to as the "most influential disseminator of zen buddhist philosophy in the west." who is this influential scholar

Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism (Zen) that were instrumental in spreading interest in Zen and Far Eastern philosophy in general to the West. Suzuki spent many lengthy periods teaching at universities in the West, as well as devoting years to a professorship at a Japanese Buddhist school.