Background
SUTTON, Leslie was born on June 22, 1906 in London. Son of Edgar W. Sutton and Margaret L. W. (Heard) Sutton.
SUTTON, Leslie was born on June 22, 1906 in London. Son of Edgar W. Sutton and Margaret L. W. (Heard) Sutton.
Watford Grammar School, Lincoln College, Oxford, Leipzig University, and California Institute of Technology.
Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford 1932-1936, Fellow and Tutor 1936-1973, Vice President 1947-1948, Fellow Emeritus since 1973. University Lecturer, Oxford 1945-1962, Reader in Physical Chemistry 1962-1973. Secretary Chemical Society 1951-1957, Vice President 1957-1960.
Treasure Lawes Agriculture Trust Committee 1978-1982, Chairman 1982-1989.
Visiting Professor Heidelberg University 1960, 1964, 1967. Baggesgaard Rasmussen Lecturer, Copenhagen 1974.
Rockefeller Fellow 1933-1934. Honorary Doctor of Science (Salford University) 1973.
Meldola; Lecturer (Chemistry Society) 1940.
Married 1st Catharine V. Stock in 1932 (died in 1962), two son. Married 2nd Rachel A. Long (née Batten) (died in 1987) in 1963, two son.