John Sutton (geologist)

John Sutton (8 July 1919 – 6 September 1992) was an English geologist.[1]

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 (not an 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 (1965–68 and 1974–77); member of the BAS Scientific Advisory Committee (1970–85); member of NERC (1977–79); Chairman, British National Committee on Antarctic Research, from 1979.

He was elected President of the Geologists' Association for 1966–68.[2] He was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1966, serving as their Vice-President in 1975. [3]

He died in 1992 and was buried in Martinstown, Dorset. He is commemorated by the Sutton Heights in Antarctica.