Background
Higgins, Philip John was born on July 13, 1926 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Son of William Thomas and Mabel Lucy (Macfarlane) Higgins.
Higgins, Philip John was born on July 13, 1926 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Son of William Thomas and Mabel Lucy (Macfarlane) Higgins.
Bachelor, Cambridge University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, 1953.
Fellow Trinity College, Cambridge, England, 1953-1956. Peirce instructor in mathematics Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1957-1958. Lecturer Queen Mary College, London, 1958-1962.
Reader King's College, 1962-1969, professor, 1969-1978, University Durham, England, since 1978.
Fellow Cambridge Philosophical Society. Member London Mathematics Society (council member 1964-1966, 71-76, 79—, secretary 1964-1966, 71-76, vice president 1979-1984), American Mathematics Society.
Married Betty Ann Edmonds, August 27, 1954. Children: Christopher, Jonathan, Richard, Michael.