Henry Wood Elliott

Henry Wood Elliott II (April 10, 1920–August 1, 1976) was an American physician, pharmacologist, and anesthesiologist. He was the chairman of the Department of Medical Pharmacology and Therapeutics at University of California, Irvine from 1968 to 1976 and the editor of the Annual Review of Pharmacology from 1965–1976.

Early life and education Henry Wood Elliott II was born on April 10, 1920, in Seattle, Washington. His parents were Therese , a French Canadian immigrant to the US, and Lionel Henry Elliott, a florist. He had a younger sister, Marsha. His grandfather for whom he was named, Henry Wood Elliott, was an artist and conservationist.

He attended the University of Washington for his bachelor's and master's degrees, both in chemistry. After receiving a PhD from Stanford University in 1946, he attended the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) for his Doctor of Medicine, graduating in 1953.

Awards and honors In 1967, he was elected as a fellow of the American College of Anesthesiology.

Personal life and death He married Donna in 1947. They had four children together. He died of an apparent heart attack on August 1, 1976, at his home in Santa Ana, California, at the age of fifty-six.