Ethel Bailey Higgins | |
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Born | August 10, 1866 Vassalboro, Maine, United States |
Died | March 9, 1963 San Diego, California, United States | (aged 96)
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.