Patrice Louis René Higonnet (born 3 February 1938) is a French author, historian, and retired professor who currently serves as a Robert Walton Goelet Research Professor of French History at Harvard University.
Higonnet was born in Saint Cloud, France.
[citation needed] Higonnet's second wife, Ethel Higonnet, was raped and murdered in Longfellow Park in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1973.
[2] Higonnet subsequently married University of Connecticut professor Margaret Higonnet (née Cardwell) in 1976.
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