from Columbia. He had two sons from a previous marriage (1962–1993) to Helen Alexander, Colin and Ian Spence, two stepchildren, Yar Woo and Mei Chin, a grandchild as well as two step-grandchildren. Spence died from complications of Parkinson's disease on 25 December 2021, at the age of 85 at his residence in West Haven, Connecticut. Bibliography Books The Search for Modern China (1990; 2nd edition, 1999; 3rd edition 2013) Tsʻao Yin and the Kʻang-hsi Emperor: bondservant and master (1966) To Change China: Western Advisers in China, 1620–1960 (Boston, Little Brown, 1969). Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi (1974) The Death of Woman Wang (1978). Story situated in 17th century Tancheng. The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci (1984) The Question of Hu (New York: Knopf, 1987 ). Biography of John Hu 胡若望, 18th-century Chinese who went to France with Jean-François Foucquet. Chinese Roundabout: Essays on History and Culture The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution 1895–1980 (1982) The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western Minds God's Chinese Son (New York: Norton, 1996 ). Biography of Hong Xiuchuan, leader of Taiping Rebellion. Treason by the Book (2001) Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man (2007) Viking, 332 pages. Book reviews "The Dream of Catholic China" The New York Review of Books 54/11 (28 June 2007) : 22–24 [reviews Liam Matthew Brockey, Journey to the East: the Jesuit Mission to China, 1579–1724] References Citations Sources . Bruce Mazlish, "The Question of the Question of Hu", History and Theory 11 (1992): 141–152 Mirsky, Jonathan. Review of Chinese Roundabout The New York Review of Books, Volume 39, Issue No. 17 (5 November 1992): 51–55. Nathan, Andrew J. "A Culture of Cruelty: Review of The Search for Modern China" pages 30–34 from The New Republic, Volume 203 (30 July 1990): 50–54. Roberts, Priscilla. "Spence, Jonathan D.", The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing edited by Kelly Boyd, Volume 2, (London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999. ): 1136–1137. External links Spence archive from The New York Review of Books 1936 births 2021 deaths Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge British historians British sinologists Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy English emigrants to the United States Historians of China MacArthur Fellows Microhistorians People educated at Winchester College People from Surrey (before 1965) People with acquired American citizenship Presidents of the American Historical Association Yale