Thomas t allsen biography

American historian (1940–2019)

Thomas Theodore Allsen (February 16, 1940 – February 18, 2019)^[1] was an American historian specializing in Mongolian studies.

Following the completion of a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Portland State University in 1962, Allsen attended the University of Washington to pursue a Master of Arts in Russian studies. In 1969, he graduated from the University of Oregon with a Master of Library Science degree.

He completed a doctoral degree at the University of Minnesota in 1979 and began teaching at Western Kentucky University. The next year, Allsen joined the faculty of the Trenton State College History Department.^[2]

He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2002,^[3] and retired from The College of New Jersey in the same year.^[2] Between 1986 and 2013, Allsen served on the editorial staff of the journal Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi.

The journal published a Festschrift for Thomas T.