https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-assistant-professor-thomas-rose-archaeometallurgy-expert-dies-0903
MIT Assistant Professor Thomas Rose, an expert in ancient metallurgy, passed away on Sept. 2 due to injuries sustained during a bicycle accident in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The incident, currently under investigation, occurred at the intersection of Memorial Drive and Massachusetts Avenue. Rose was 37.
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Rose was born in Berlin, Germany. He discovered his life’s passion as a child, through a set of books about ancient Egypt.
"Thomas had a strong interest in archaeology already from a young age and participated in an excavation before he began his studies of archaeology," Katrin Westner of the Deutsches Bergbau Museum Bochum and Professor Sabine Klein of the Ruhr University of Bochum wrote in a joint email tribute. "He was an incredibly inspired and enthusiastic researcher and was always bursting with new research ideas. We remember Thomas not only as a brilliant and dedicated researcher but also as a very close friend. We miss him deeply."
I'd heard nothing about this "accident" (journos, please don't use that word) when it happened, and can't find any details now. Per the MassDOT crash data portal, it occurred at 6am on 21 Aug. He passed away yesterday. (If past DCR ped/bike fatality incidents are any guide, it will be weeks or months before we learn more details.)
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