biography
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Spence, Jonathan D(ermot)
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| lived:
| (1936– )
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| biography:
| Historian and educator, born in Surrey, SE England, UK. He went to the USA in 1959, earning a PhD at Yale and joining its faculty (1966). He freshly illuminated Chinese history, particularly of the 16th-c and 17th-c, through his innovative studies of historical characters from Emperor K'ang-hsi to Western missionaries. His Search for Modern China (1990) won widespread acclaim. |
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