| 词条 | John Sutton (geologist) |
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Born in London into the family which originated 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 a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1966 and served as their Vice-President in 1975. [2] He died in 1992 and was buried in Martinstown, Dorset. He is commemorated by the Sutton Heights in Antarctica. References1. ^[https://www.jstor.org/stable/770155 Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society] {{FRS 1966}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton, John}}2. ^ {{cite web|url=https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=28&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27sutton%27%29|title=Fellows Details|publisher= Royal Society|accessdate= 15 January 2017}} 5 : 1919 births|1992 deaths|People from London|English geologists|Fellows of the Royal Society |
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