About Bob Elliott
Lived 1934 – 2020 (aged 86). Bob Elliott was a New Zealand pediatrician and university teacher.
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. 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.
Elliott died at his home in Auckland on 21 August 2020 at the age of 86.
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Who was Bob Elliott?
New Zealand pediatrician (1934-2020)
When was Bob Elliott born?
Bob Elliott was born on 3 January 1934 in Adelaide.
When did Bob Elliott die?
Bob Elliott died on 21 August 2020 in Remuera.
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Bob Elliott was a pediatrician and university teacher.
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Bob Elliott was New Zealand.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Bob Elliott. https://biography.guide/bob-elliott-pediatrician/
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