Background
Levenson, Joseph Richmond was born on June 10, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Max Lionel and Eva (Richmond) Levenson.
Levenson, Joseph Richmond was born on June 10, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Max Lionel and Eva (Richmond) Levenson.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1941, Master of Arts, 1946, Doctor of Philosophy, 1949.
Teaching fellow Harvard, 1946-1948. Junior fellow Society.
Author: Liang Ch’i-ch’ao and the Mind of Modern China, 4th edit., 1967. Confucian China and Its Modern Fate: The Problem of Intellectual Continuity, Vol. I, 3d edit., 1965, The Problem of Monarchical Decay, Vol.11, 1964, The Problem of Historical Significance, Vol. 111, 1965, 1st combined edit., 1968. Europe’s Expansion and the Counter Example of Asia: 1300-1600, 1967.(with Franz Schurmann) China: An Interpretive History., 1969. Modern China: An Interpretive Anthology, 1971. Revolution and Cosmopolitanism: the Western Stage and the Chinese Stages, 1971 (last 3 posthumous).Board editors journal Asian Studies, Pacific History Review.
Fellows, 1948-1951; member of faculty University of California at Berkeley, 1951-1969, professor of history, 1961-1969, Sather professor of history, 1965-1969, vice department chairman, 1964-1966, 68-69. Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fulbright fellow, 1954-1955.
Member Association Asian Studies (board directors 1965-1968), American History Association (prize Pacific Coast branch 1959), Association Asian Art, Phi Beta Kappa.
Club: Berkeley Tennis.
Married Rosemary Sebag-Montefiore, October 5, 1950. Children: Richard Montefiore, Irene Anne, Thomas Montefiore.