Ethel Bailey Higgins | |
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 Botanist Ethel Bailey Higgins, aboard the San Agustin II, 1962. San Diego Natural History Museum Belvedere Expedition, Gulf of California. (Photo: San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library) | |
| Born | August 10, 1866 Vassalboro, Maine, United States |
| Died | March 9, 1963 (aged 96) San Diego, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | San Diego Natural History Museum |
Ethel Bailey Higgins (August 10, 1866 – March 9, 1963) was an American botanist and the curator of botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum from 1943 to 1957; she continued to serve as associate curator from 1957 to 1963.[1] Higgins authored Our Native Cacti (1931), and other popular works on plants of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
- ^ Engstrand, Iris; Bullard, Anne (1999). Inspired by Nature: The San Diego Natural History Museum after 125 Years. San Diego, Calif.: San Diego Natural History Museum. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-918969-04-0.