Jonathan D. Spence (1936–2021)
Autore di The Search for Modern China
Sull'Autore
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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno
Opere di Jonathan D. Spence
Il figlio cinese di Dio: storia di un profeta guerriero e della sanguinosa rivolta dei Taiping (1996) 695 copie
Opere correlate
Il mondo cinese. Dalle prime civiltà alla Repubblica popolare (1982) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 511 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Spence, Jonathan Dermot
- Data di nascita
- 1936-08-11
- Data di morte
- 2021-12-25
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK (birth)
USA (residence) - Luogo di nascita
- Surrey, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- West Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Causa della morte
- Parkinson's disease (complications)
- Luogo di residenza
- West Haven, Connecticut, USA
England, UK - Istruzione
- University of Cambridge (Clare College)
Yale University (MA | PhD)
Winchester College, England, UK - Attività lavorative
- professor (Chinese history)
historian - Relazioni
- Chin, Annping (widow)
- Organizzazioni
- American Historical Association (president | 2004)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Council of Scholars, Library of Congress
American Philosophical Society
Yale University - Premi e riconoscimenti
- 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) (mostra tutto 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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Statistiche
- Opere
- 24
- Opere correlate
- 5
- Utenti
- 6,378
- Popolarità
- #3,857
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 80
- ISBN
- 154
- Lingue
- 12
- Preferito da
- 15