He was well - served by his first biographer whose Henry Bournes Higgins : A Memoir ( 1931 ) created an enduring Higgins mythology .
His first biographer is his niece Nettie Palmer .
He was well - served by his first biographer , his niece Nettie Palmer , whose Henry Bournes Higgins : A Memoir ( 1931 ) created an enduring Higgins mythology .