Daniel Higson

He was born at Droylsden, near Manchester, August 13, 1849. He is the eldest son of John and Elizabeth Caroline Higson. His father was an antiquarian of considerable repute, and stained glass windows are erected to his memory at St. Mary's Church, Droylsden, and at St. Thomas's Church, Leesfield. Higson has made several instruments on an original model. The workmanship is rather rough, but it is not without character, and the tone of one violin which I tried was very fair. Higson has travelled a great deal, and he is a well-read man. He is an ardent sportsman, and an authority on wild fowl. He has published a book entitled " Sea-fowl Shooting Sketches," which is of high merit and exceedingly interesting. He builds his own canoes, makes gun-stocks, &c. In short, he is so many-sided that he can never hope to excel in the exacting art of violin-making.