**Jonathan Spence (1936-2021):*Was the author of more than a dozen well-regarded books which illuminate China's vast history through details that illuminated bigger pictures and themes. (The New York Times) including The Gate of Heavenly Peace *, Treason by the Book, and The Death of Woman Wang. His...

**Jonathan Spence (1936-2021):*Was the author of more than a dozen well-regarded books which illuminate China's vast history through details that illuminated bigger pictures and themes. (The New York Times) including The Gate of Heavenly Peace *, Treason by the Book, and The Death of Woman Wang. His awards include a Guggenheim and a MacArthur Fellowship. He was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University from 1993 to 2008.