Career
He is remembered for his work on goniatites which contributed to the refinement of the stratigraphy of the Carboniferous period, not least in northern England. Bisat was born in Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire on 19 October 1886 to Charles Edward and Margaret Bisat. He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society in 1947.
Amongst positions he held were president of Hull Geological Society (1927-1928), of Leeds Geological Association (1934-1935) and of the Yorkshire Naturalists" Union (1935).
Bisat died on 14 May 1973 at Collingham near Leeds. One genus (Bisatoceras - now a sub-family) and several species of goniatite have been named in his honour including Gigantoproductus bisati, Cravenoceratoides bisati, Goniatites bisati and Chaenocarciola bisati.
