Robert Price Higgins | |
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Born | Denver, Colorado, U.S. | October 8, 1932
Died | December 18, 2022 | (aged 90)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Colorado, Duke University |
Spouse | Gwendolyn Litherland (m. 1954) [1] |
Awards | AAAS Fellow |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Natural history |
Institutions | Wake Forest University, Marine Biological Laboratory, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution |
Thesis | Morphological, 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]