title: N. J. Higham
text: # N. J. Higham
  
  Nicholas John Higham, FSA (born 1951) is a British archaeologist, historian, and academic. He was Professor of Early Medieval and Landscape History at the University of Manchester, and is now an emeritus professor.
  
  Higham was trained as an archaeologist at Manchester, receiving his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 1977. He taught at Manchester from 1977 to 2011.
  
  ## Honours and prizes
  
  * Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) on 11 November 1989
  