Background
Elliott, Henry Wood was born on November 13, 1846 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Franklin Reuben and Sophia A. Elliott.
ornithologist painter Zoologist
Elliott, Henry Wood was born on November 13, 1846 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Franklin Reuben and Sophia A. Elliott.
Educated public and private schools.
Paul’s Is., Alaska, July 22, 1872. Private secretary to Joseph Henry, secretary of Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1878. Artist United States Geological Survey, 1869-1871.
Special commissioner for investigation of Seal Islands of Alaska under special act of Congress, 1872-1874, and again, 1890.
Under authority of act approved April 8, 1904, prepared the fur-seal treaty of “mutual concession and joint control,” March 7, 1905, which was ratified by United States Senate, July 24, 1911, with Canada, Japan, and Russia, for the protection and preservation of the fur seal herd of Alaska. Author: Condition of Affairs in Alaska, 1875 (Treasury Department).
Monograph of the Seal Islands of Alaska (United States Fish Commission), 1882. The Seal Islands of Alaska, 1884.
Our Arctic Province, 1886.
Also many papers on seal life, pomology, horticulture, and on scientific subjects. Address: Lakewood, near Cleveland, Ohio
Married Alexandra Melovidov, of Saint