Spence, Jonathan D(ermot)
SPENCE, Jonathan D(ermot)
SPENCE, Jonathan D(ermot). American (born England), b. 1936. Genres: History, Biography. Career: Yale University, New Haven, CT, Assistant Professor, 1966-71, Professor, 1971-, Sterling Professor of History. Queens University, Belfast, Wiles Lecturer, 1985; Princeton University, NJ, Gauss Lecturer, 1987; Peking University, Visiting Professor, 1987. Council on East Asian Studies Chairman. Recipient of numerous prizes, medals, and fellowships. Publications: Ts'ao Yin and the K'ang-Hsi Emperor, 1966; To Change China (in U.K. as The China Helpers), 1969; Emperor of China (biography), 1974; The Death of Woman Wang, 1978; (ed.) From Ming to Ch'ing, 1979; The Gate of Heavenly Peace, 1981; The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci, 1984; The Question of Hu, 1988; The Search for Modern China, 1990; Chinese Roundabout: Essays in History and Culture, 1992; God's Chinese Son, 1996; The Chan's Great Continent, 1998; Mao Zedong, 1999; Treason by the Book, 2001. Address: Dept. of History, PO Box 208324, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, U.S.A.