Reynold Higgins

Reynold Alleyne Higgins (born 26 November 1916 in Weybridge (Surrey); died 18 April 1993 in Dunsfold (Surrey) was a Classical Archaeologist and Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum. He was also Chairman of the Managing Committee of the British School at Athens from 1975 to 1979.

He was educated at Sherborne School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Books

• Greek terracotta figures. London, British Museum 1969, ISBN 0-7141-1215-1
• The Greek Bronze Age. London, British Museum 1970, ISBN 0-7141-1233-X
• The Archaeology of Minoan Crete. London, The Bodley Head 1973, ISBN 0-370-01575-4
• Jewellery from classical lands . London, British Museum 1976, ISBN 0-7141-1216-X
• The Aegina treasure: an archaeological mystery. London, British Museum 1979, ISBN 0-7141-8006-8
• Minoan and Mycenaean Art. New rev. ed., London, Thames & Hudson 1997, ISBN 0-500-20303-2

With Michael Higgins

• A Geological Companion to Greece and the Aegean. London, Duckworth/ Cornell Univ Press 1996, ISBN 0-8014-3337-1

External links

• Sinclair Hood: Obituary: Reynold Higgins in The Independent, 22. April 1993
• Bücher und Schriften in der Datenbank der Uni Freiburg