Ethel Bailey Higgins

Ethel Bailey Higgins
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)
BornAugust 10, 1866
Vassalboro, Maine, United States
DiedMarch 9, 1963(1963-03-09) (aged 96)
San Diego, California, United States
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsSan 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. Higgins authored Our Native Cacti (1931), and other popular works on plants of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.