Jonathan D. Spence (1936–2021)
Forfatter af The Search for Modern China
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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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
Værker af Jonathan D. Spence
From Ming to Chʻing : Conquest, Region, and Continuity in Seventeenth-Century China (1979) 18 eksemplarer
Kina 1 eksemplar
Search for Modern China: A Documentary History 1 eksemplar
Kinesiske billeder 1 eksemplar
Čína 20. století 1 eksemplar
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- Juridisk navn
- Spence, Jonathan Dermot
- Fødselsdato
- 1936-08-11
- Dødsdag
- 2021-12-25
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK (birth)
USA (residence) - Fødested
- Surrey, England, UK
- Dødssted
- West Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Dødsårsag
- Parkinson's disease (complications)
- Bopæl
- West Haven, Connecticut, USA
England, UK - Uddannelse
- University of Cambridge (Clare College)
Yale University (MA | PhD)
Winchester College, England, UK - Erhverv
- professor (Chinese history)
historian - Relationer
- Chin, Annping (widow)
- Organisationer
- American Historical Association (president | 2004)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Council of Scholars, Library of Congress
American Philosophical Society
Yale University - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- 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) (vis alle 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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