Jonathan D. Spence (1936–2021)
Author of The Search for Modern China
About the Author
Jonathan D. Spence was born in Surrey, England on August 11, 1936. He received a B.A. in history from Clare College, Cambridge University and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University. He was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University from 1993 to 2008. As a historian specializing in Chinese show more history, he wrote several books including The Search for Modern China, The Death of Woman Wang, and The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci. The Gate of Heavenly Peace won the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Henry D. Vursell Memorial Award of the American Academy-Institute of Arts and Letters. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Jonathan D. Spence
From Ming to Chʻing : Conquest, Region, and Continuity in Seventeenth-Century China (1979) 18 copies
Kina 1 copy
Kinesiske billeder 1 copy
Čína 20. století 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Spence, Jonathan Dermot
- Birthdate
- 1936-08-11
- Date of death
- 2021-12-25
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK (birth)
USA (residence) - Birthplace
- Surrey, England, UK
- Place of death
- West Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Cause of death
- Parkinson's disease (complications)
- Places of residence
- West Haven, Connecticut, USA
England, UK - Education
- University of Cambridge (Clare College)
Yale University (MA | PhD)
Winchester College, England, UK - Occupations
- professor (Chinese history)
historian - Relationships
- Chin, Annping (widow)
- Organizations
- American Historical Association (president | 2004)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Council of Scholars, Library of Congress
American Philosophical Society
Yale University - Awards and honors
- William C. DeVane Medal, Yale Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa (1978)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1979)
Los Angeles Times History Prize (1982)
Vursel Prize, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1983)
MacArthur Fellowship (1988)
Corresponding Fellow, British Academy (1997) (show all 12)
Sidney Hook Memorial Award (2003)
Order of St Michael and St George (2003)
Honorary Doctorate (2003)
Fellow, Clare College, University of Cambridge (2006)
BBC Reith Lecturer (2008)
Jefferson Lecture (2010)
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- Works
- 24
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- Members
- 6,349
- Popularity
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- Rating
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- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 153
- Languages
- 12
- Favorited
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