Maurice Meisner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Historian of modern China
Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1931
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Date of Death: 23-Jan-2012
Profession: historian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Maurice Meisner
- Maurice Jerome Meisner (November 17, 1931 – January 23, 2012) was an historian of 20th century China and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
- His study of the Chinese Revolution and the People's Republic was in conjunction with his strong interest in socialist ideology, Marxism, and Maoism in particular.
- He authored a number of books including Mao's China: A History of the People's Republic (and subsequent editions) which became a standard academic text in that area. Maurice Meisner was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1931 to Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe.
- He had two marriages each lasting about 30 years, first to Lorraine Faxon Meisner and subsequently to Lynn Lubkeman.
- He had three children from the first marriage and one child from the second.
- He died at his home in Madison, Wisconsin in 2012.
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