Henry Wood Elliott
Henry Wood Elliott (November 13, 1846 – May 25, 1930) was an American watercolor painter, author, and environmentalist whose work primarily focused on Alaskan subjects. He was the author of the 1911 Hay-Elliott Fur Seal Treaty, the first international treaty on wildlife conservation. A number of his works have an ethnographic bent, displaying aboriginal Alaskans engaging in traditional practices; some of these works are stored in the National Anthropological Archives at the Smithsonian.
Also recorded as Henry W. Elliott · H. W. Elliott · Henry Wood Elliot
Henry Wood Elliott
M. Kets Kemethy · Public domain
- Born
- 1846 · Cleveland.
- Died
- 1930
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- zoologist · ornithologist · artist · environmentalist · naturalist · painter · watercolorist
- Languages
- English
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Henry Wood Elliott (November 13, 1846 – May 25, 1930) was an American watercolor painter, author, and environmentalist whose work primarily focused on Alaskan subjects. He was the author of the 1911 Hay-Elliott Fur Seal Treaty, the first international treaty on wildlife conservation. A number of his works have an ethnographic bent, displaying aboriginal Alaskans engaging in traditional practices; some of these works are stored in the National Anthropological Archives at the Smithsonian.
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Biography
Elliott also focused on the Alaskan landscape and wildlife. In 1886, Elliott published a book entitled Our Arctic Province: Alaska and the Seal Islands, which contains an in-depth exploration of Alaska's history, geography, people, and wildlife. He became involved in early conservation efforts of the fur seal, in 1905 co-authoring a document with United States Secretary of State John Hay that would eventually become the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911, the first international treaty dedicated to the conservation of wildlife.
Henry Wood Elliot, circa 1870 a member of the 1871 Hayden U.S. Geological Survey to Yellowstone
William Henry Jackson · U.S. Geological Survey Photo - 1870
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Key facts
• List — hlist • Illustration — Henry Wood Elliott, as a member of the 1871 Hayden U.S. Geological Survey expedition to Yellowstone.
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Gallery
• Illustration — Pacific walrus, July 5, 1872 • Illustration — Hunting a Beluga whale • Illustration — Map of St. Paul Island drawn by Elliott in 1890 • Illustration — Fishing in Alaska, a 1874 drawing by Elliott
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Henry W. Elliott and Henry Wood Elliot. His recorded language was English. He was the child of Franklin Reuben Elliott and Sophia Appolina Hopkins Elliott.
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Henry Wood Elliott is recorded as zoologist, ornithologist, artist, environmentalist and naturalist.
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1846
Henry Wood Elliott was born in 1846 at Cleveland.
1930
Henry Wood Elliott died in 1930.
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