Background
Elliott, Richard Michael was born on February 2, 1954 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Son of Peter Harold and Gwendoline Thirza (Burcombe) Elliott.
Elliott, Richard Michael was born on February 2, 1954 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Son of Peter Harold and Gwendoline Thirza (Burcombe) Elliott.
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, University Surrey, United Kingdom, 1975. Doctor of Philisophy in Virology, University Oxford, 1979.
Postdoctoral fellow Mount Sinai Medical Center, City University of New York, 1979-1981. Short term appointee Medical Research Council Virology Unit, Glasgow, Scotland, 1981-1986. Medical Research Council senior fellow Institute of Virology, University Glasgow, 1986-1995.
Professor molecular Virology University Glasgow, since 1995. Consultant Glaxo Group Research, London, since 1993. Member international committee for the taxonomy of viruses Bunyaviridae Study Group, since 1988.
Chairman Mosshead Primary School Board, Glasgow, since 1993. Member Society for General Microbiology (virus group committee), American Society for Microbiology, American Society for Virology, Ribonucleic acid Society.
Married Margaret Litster Gibson (deceased 1995). Children: Katrina Louise, Emma Margaret.