Jonathan Mirsky
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Jonathan Mirsky (November 14, 1932 – September 5, 2021) was an American journalist and historian of China.
The son of molecular biologist Alfred Mirsky and writer Reba Paeff Mirsky, he grew up in New York. He earned his BA in history from Columbia University, and was awarded a PhD in Chinese history from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, specializing in the history of the Tang dynasty.
His first teaching position was at Dartmouth College. A prominent opponent of the Vietnam War, he did not receive tenure, and left academia for journalism.
