Henry Vernon Wong is a Jamaican-American physicist known for his work in plasma physics.
Wong's early education was at Cornwall College in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
He won a Jamaica Scholarship to the University of the West Indies, graduating with a B.Sc.
In 1965, he was the recipient of a CIBA Fellowship to continue his research at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.
The following year he joined the Laboratoria Gas Ionizzati in Rome.