Robert P. Higgins

Robert Price Higgins
Born(1932-10-08)October 8, 1932
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
DiedDecember 18, 2022(2022-12-18) (aged 90)
Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Colorado, Duke University
SpouseGwendolyn Litherland (m. 1954) [1]
AwardsAAAS Fellow
Scientific career
FieldsNatural history
InstitutionsWake Forest University, Marine Biological Laboratory, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
ThesisMorphological, larval, and systematic studies of the Kinorhynchs.
Author abbrev. (zoology)Higgins
Notes

Robert Price Higgins (October 8, 1932 – December 18, 2022) was an American systematic invertebrate zoologist and ecologist, who specialized in the unusual taxa of kinorhynchs and tardigrades.[2][3]

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  2. ^ Adrienne Mason (27 Feb 2018). "Lord of the Rhynchs". Hakai Magazine. Retrieved 6 Jan 2023.
  3. ^ "Robert Price Higgins". Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science. 121 (2). Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Sciences Vol. 212 No. 2 pp iv-vi.: iv–vi Summer 2005. JSTOR 24371875. Retrieved 27 Dec 2020.