Robin David Stewart Higham (June 20, 1925 – August 27, 2015) was a British-American historian, specializing in aerospace and military history, who also served as a pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.

[2][5] From 1943 to 1947, he served as a pilot and flight sergeant in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Europe and Asia (Burma Road).

Higham received a PhD in 1957 from Harvard with a dissertation on the development of aviation in Great Britain.

Though he described himself as a "historical generalist" in a 1998 interview, Higham's primary publications were on the subject of aeronautics, especially military-scientific aspects.

[3] In 1985, he received the first Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the Society for Military History.