Smith Ely Jelliffe

Smith Ely Jelliffe (October 27, 1866 – September 25, 1945) was an American neurologist, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He lived and practiced in New York City nearly his entire life. Originally trained in botany and pharmacy, Jelliffe switched first to neurology in the mid-1890s then to psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, and ultimately to psychoanalysis.