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The eldest son of John
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Having qualified in medicine, Higgins carried on a general medical practice in Turvey. On the death of his father in 1846 he succeeded to the family property. He went on a five-month tour, with his brother Henry, in Egypt, Syria and
Palestine, in 1848.
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Higgins was a
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Higgins planned a hymn-book to be used universally in the Church of
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