Eugene Higgins

Eugene Higgins
Born(1860-01-14)January 14, 1860
New York City
DiedJuly 29, 1948(1948-07-29) (aged 88)
Torquay, England
Alma materColumbia University
Parent(s)Elias Smith Higgins
Emma Louise Baldwin

Eugene Higgins (1860 – 1948) was the rich heir to a carpet-making business, known as a bon vivant, sportsman, and philanthropist. A bachelor, when he died in 1948, his estate went to establish the Higgins Trust, at that time, the eleventh largest of its kind in the USA.[1]

  1. ^ "Eugene Higgins, Host to Society" (PDF). New York Times. 30 July 1948. p. 17. Retrieved 12 November 2019.