Background
HIGGINSON, John was born on October 16, 1922 in Belfast, N. Ireland. Son of William Higginson and Ellen Margaret Rogers.
HIGGINSON, John was born on October 16, 1922 in Belfast, N. Ireland. Son of William Higginson and Ellen Margaret Rogers.
University of Dublin, 1940-1946, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Obstetrics, 1961, Doctor of Medicine Geographical Pathology. Spoken languages: English, French.
Director, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization since 1966. Professor of Geographical Pathology, University of Kansas, 1960-1966. American Cancer Society Career Professorship, 1961 -1966.
Associate Professor of Pathology & Oncology, University of Kansas Med Center, 1958-1962. Head, Geographical Pathology Unit & Cancer Registry, South African Institute, Institution for Med Research, 1954-1958. Lecturer in Pathology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1953-1958.
Pathologist, South African Institute, Institution for Med Research, 1950-1958. Assistant in Bacteriology & Pathology, University of Glasgow, 1947-1949. Senior Intern, Sir Patrick Dunn’s Hospital, Dublin, 1946.
American Association for Advancement of Sei. American Association for Cancer Research. American Association of Pathologists & Bacteriologists.
American Society of Experimental Patholgy. Society of Pathology & Bacteriology, United Kingdom. Society of Toxicology.
Married Nan Russell McKee in 1949.