Background
Figgins, Jesse Dade was born on August 17, 1867 in Jefferson, Maryland, United States. Son of James Ludwig and Letitia Aiken (Orr) Figgins.
Figgins, Jesse Dade was born on August 17, 1867 in Jefferson, Maryland, United States. Son of James Ludwig and Letitia Aiken (Orr) Figgins.
Educational public schools, Frederick, Maryland., and preparatory course for ministry. Special studies in biology, ornithology and mammalogy.
Engaged in biological survey of the Dismal Swamp, Virginia, 1896, 98. Naturalist with the 6th and 7th R.E. Perry expeditions to North Greenland, 1896-1897. Became connected with American Museum Natural History, New York, 1897, specializing in phases of exhibition and in field expeditions to Alaska, et cetera
Director Colorado Museum Natural History, 1910-1936, Bernheim Foundation Museum (Louisville) since 1936.
Interest centered during recent years in vertebrate palaeontology.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Club: Cactus.
Married Jane Marr, of Washington, District of Columbia, December 28, 1893 (now deceased). Married second, Mistress. Children: Marien Lee (Mistress M. North. Lincoln), Frank Marr, Barbara Jane (Mistress F. West. Miller), James Marr (deceased).