Background
Hutton, Colin Osborne was born on January 10, 1910 in Dunedin, New Zealand. Son of John and Jessie Alexander (Holms) Hutton.
Hutton, Colin Osborne was born on January 10, 1910 in Dunedin, New Zealand. Son of John and Jessie Alexander (Holms) Hutton.
Master of Sciences, University Otago, 1934. Shirtcliffe fellow, external research student Emmanuel College, 1936-1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge, 1938, Doctor of Science, 1952.
Came to the United States, 1947. Acting lecturer geology U. Otago, 1934-1936, senior lecturer, 1946-1947. Government mineralogist, petrologist, Wellington, New Zealand, 1938-1946.
Honorary lecturer petrology Victoria U. College, 1943-1946.
Associate professor Stanford, 1947-1948, professor mineralogy, 1948-1972. Guggenheim fellow, 1953-1954.
Fellow Geological Society American, Geological Society London, Royal Society New Zealand, Mineral. Society American, California Academy Sciences. Member Mineral. Association Canada, Mineral.
Society Great Britain, Cambridge Natural History Society, New Zealand Association Science Workers (honorary life), Sigma Xi.
Married Mary Piggot, December 26, 1940.