Bob Elliott (medical researcher)

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Sir Robert Bartlett Elliott (3 January 1934 – 20 August 2020) was an Australian-born New Zealand medical researcher. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia.[1]

In 1970 he moved to the University of Auckland School of Medicine as the foundation professor of paediatrics.

In the 1999 New Year Honours, Elliott was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to medical research.[2]

Elliott died on 20 August 2020, aged 86.[3]

References

  1. Taylor, Alister, ed. (2001). "New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001". New Zealand Who's Who, Aotearoa. Auckland: Alister Taylor Publishers: 315. ISSN 1172-9813.
  2. "New Year honours list 1999". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 1998. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. Anderson, Ryan (21 August 2020). "Cure Kids founder and health researcher Sir Robert Elliott dies, aged 86". Stuff.co.nz. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/300088585/cure-kids-founder-and-health-researcher-sir-robert-elliott-dies-aged-86. Retrieved 21 August 2020.