Sir Robert Bartlett Elliott (3 January 1934 – 21 August 2020) was a New Zealand medical researcher.

Born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 3 January 1934, Elliott was educated at Adelaide High School, and studied medicine at the University of Adelaide from 1951 to 1956. After working as a house surgeon in Blenheim, New Zealand, he trained in paediatric medicine in Adelaide and Denver, Colorado. He was appointed as a senior lecturer at Adelaide in 1963, and in 1970 he moved to the University of Auckland School of Medicine as the foundation professor of paediatrics.

Bob Elliott (medical researcher)

In the 1999 New Year Honours, Elliott was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to medical research. He was promoted to Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, also for services to medical research, in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours.

Bob Elliott (medical researcher)

Elliott died at his home in Auckland on 21 August 2020 at the age of 86.

Bob Elliott (medical researcher)

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1934 births

2020 deaths

Scientists from Adelaide

University of Adelaide alumni

Australian emigrants to New Zealand

Academic staff of the University of Auckland

Australian paediatricians

New Zealand paediatricians

New Zealand medical researchers

Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit

People educated at Adelaide High School