Jonathan Spence

Jonathan Dermot Spence (11 August 1936 – 25 December 2021) was an English-born American historian, sinologist, and writer. His works focused on Chinese history. He was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University from 1993 to 2008.
Spence died from problems caused by Parkinson's disease on 25 December 2021, at the age of 85 at his home in West Haven, Connecticut.