Background
Higginbottom was born in Manchester, England. He grew up in poverty, leaving school early and working at different times as a butcher"s boy, cab driver, and milk deliverer.
Higginbottom was born in Manchester, England. He grew up in poverty, leaving school early and working at different times as a butcher"s boy, cab driver, and milk deliverer.
Came to United States, 1894. Student Mount Hermon (Massachusetts) School, 1894-1899. Student Amherst College, Master of Science (honorary), 1928, Doctorate.L.H., 1940.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1903, Master of Arts, 1911, Doctor Philanthropy, 1925.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculure, Ohio State University, 1911, Doctor of Science, 1952. Doctor of Laws, Western Reserve University, 1939.
Early However, he had a strong youthful interest in the Christian gospel, and resolved to become a preacher or missionary. Higginbottom continued his education at Amherst College and Princeton University in the United States, receiving a bachelor"s degree from Princeton in 1903. From then until 1909 he taught economics and science in Allahabad Christian College (now Ewing Christian College).
They had five children together.
In 1909, he returned to the United States and spent three years studying agriculture at Ohio State University, after which he went back to Allahabad to teach scientific methods of farming. His educational programs grew into the founding of Allahabad Agricultural Institute in 1919.
Higginbottom wrote two books: a book about his work published in 1921 and an autobiography published in Higginbottom"s papers are housed at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Library at the University of Virginia.
Sam Higginbottom has been listed as a noteworthy missionary by Marquis Who's Who.
Married Jane Ethlind Cody, October 28, 1904. Children: Gertrude Cody, Sam Ashton, Elizabeth Baines, Henry Cody, Jane East., David Baines.
