Lionel George Higgins
Lionel George Higgins | |
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| Born | May 26, 1891 Bedford, England |
| Died | October 9, 1985 (aged 94) |
| Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge; St Thomas' Hospital |
| Known for | A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe; Taxonomy of Melitaea butterflies |
| Spouse | Nesta Farquhar (m. 1925) |
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| Awards | Raffles Award (Zoological Society of London); H.H. Bloomer award (Linnean Society) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Lepidopterology, Surgery |
Lionel George Higgins (26 May 1891 – 9 October 1985) was a British surgeon and a hobby lepidopterist who produced a major fieldguide to the butterflies of Britain and Europe. He revised the taxonomy of the genus Melitaea and a species from Afghanistan, Melitaea higginsi was named his honour by the Japanese lepidopterist Seiji Sakai in 1978.