Hugh Samuel Roger Elliott nacque il 3 aprile del 1881 e studiò al Trinity College di Cambridge interrompendo i suoi studi per partecipare alla guerra in Sud Africa del 1899.

 Lasciate le armi nel 1902 si dedicò a studi di filosofia e di scienza e divenne un affermato scrittore che pubblicò molti testi di successo.

 Esperto giocatore, dal 1927 divenne corrispondente bridgistico dell'Evening Standard ed i suoi articoli settimanali riscontravano molto successo grazie allo stile colto ed elegante con cui venivano redatti.

 Morì prematuramente il 6 maggio del 1930 in un incidente aereo capitatogli ad Hampton a causa della negligenza del suo istruttore mentre stava eseguendo l'esame finale per prendere il brevetto di pilota.

   Hugh Samuel Roger Elliot (April 3, 1881 – May 6, 1930), best known as Hugh S. R. Elliot was an English science writer.

 Elliot was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1899, during the Second Boer War he obtained commission in the Cold stream Guards. His son Herbert Elliot was born June 3, 1909.

 He identified as a scientific materialist and was highly critical of metaphysical speculation. In his book Modern Science and the Illusions of Professor Bergson (1912), he attacked Henri Bergson's vitalist ideas which he considered non-scientific.

 Elliot expounded three principles of scientific materialism: the uniformity of law, the non-existence of teleology and the denial of any entity that cannot be expressed in terms of matter and motion. He was honorary secretary of the Savile Club (1909-1917). In 1914, he translated Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's Zoological Philosophy. In addition he was the editor of The Annual Register (1915-1920).

 Expert bridge player, he was correspondent of Evening Standard with weekly article of large success.

 Elliot died in a plan crash during an altitude test in Hampton on May 6, 1930. An inquest concluded a verdict of "accidental death" and did not attribute negligence to his instructors.