Barry W. Higman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetBarry W. Higman
Australian retired academic
Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1943
Place of Birth: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Profession: academic
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Barry W. Higman
- Barry William Higman (born 30 September 1943) is a retired Australian historian of Caribbean studies who primarily taught at the University of the West Indies from 1971 to 1996.
- During his career, Higman wrote multiple books including the 1977 Bancroft Prize winning work Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834 before his retirement from academics in 2014.
- Higman was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1987 and the Musgrave Medal in 1992.
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