H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.

{{Short description|American philosopher}}

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|region = Western philosophy

|era = Contemporary philosophy

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|name = Hugo Tristram Engelhardt Jr.

|birth_date = April 27, 1941

|birth_place = Texas, U.S.

|death_date = June 21, 2018 (aged 77)

|school_tradition = Continental philosophy

|main_interests = Medical ethics, philosophy of medicine, Christian ethics, political philosophy

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Hugo Tristram Engelhardt Jr. (April 27, 1941 – June 21, 2018) was an American philosopher, holding doctorates in both philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin and medicine from Tulane University. He was a professor of philosophy at Rice University, in Houston, Texas, specializing in the history and philosophy of medicine, particularly from the standpoint of continental philosophy. He was also a professor emeritus at Baylor College of Medicine, and a member of the Baylor Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy.{{cite web|url=https://ethicscenter.nd.edu/news/in-memoriam-h-tristram-engelhardt-jr-19412018/|title=In Memoriam: H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. (1941–2018)|website=ethicscenter.nd.edu|accessdate=24 June 2018}}

He was formerly the editor-in-chief of The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy and Christian Bioethics. He also edited the book series "Philosophy and Medicine". He was a fellow of the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institute. He also wrote the book "Handbook of Psychiatry volume 30" {{ISBN|978-620-0-48139-9}} cowritten with Javad Nurbakhsh; and Hamideh Jahangiri. {{cite book|title=Handbook of Psychiatry |volume=30|ISBN=978-620-0-48139-9|author1=Nurbakhsh, Javad |author2=Engelhardt, Tristram H. |author3=Jahangiri, Hamideh }}

Engelhardt was raised Roman Catholic, but in 1991 he entered the Eastern Orthodox Church.