Thomas N. Bisson

We are saddened to share that Thomas Noel Bisson, one of the leading historians of medieval Europe, passed away on June 28, 2025 at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, following a brief illness. He was 94. Bisson was the loving husband of Carroll (Webb) for forty-three years until her death in 2005, beloved father of daughters Noël Bisson and Susan Bisson Lambert, and cherished grandfather to Josephine, Caroline, William, and Helen. At his death he was the Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History Emeritus at Harvard University. (Read the full obituary)

"Harvard Professor Thomas Bisson, ‘Exceptional’ Medievalist, Remembered for Dedication to Scholarship" by The Harvard Crimson

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