John Sutton (geologist)
John Sutton was an English geologist.
Born in London into the family that established Suttons Seeds, John's father was an engineer credited with inventing the motor lawn-mower, among other things, and his mother was a teacher of classics. In 1937 he began a general science degree at Imperial College, graduating in geology in 1941 with an Abbreviated Honours degree for war service in the army.
From 1946-1949 he undertook research on the Lewisian gneiss of N.W.Scotland with fellow student Janet Watson.
He was Dean of the Royal School of Mines ; member of the BAS Scientific Advisory Committee ; member of NERC ; Chairman, British National Committee on Antarctic Research, from 1979.
He was elected President of the Geologists' Association for 1966–68. He was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1966, serving as their Vice-President in 1975.
He died in 1992 and was buried in Martinstown, Dorset. He is commemorated by the Sutton Heights in Antarctica.
