Richard Lightburn Sutton

Background

Sutton, Richard Lightburn was born on July 9, 1878 in Rock Portuguese, Missouri, United States. Son of John Grant and Virginia (Robertson) Sutton.

Education

Student of University of Missouri, 1898-1899. Doctor of Medicine University Medical College, Kansas City, Missoury, 1901. Student Medical Department Georgia

Washington University, 1903-1904, Doctor of Medicine United States Naval Medical School, 1904.

Graduate study, Johns Hopkins Medical School, and in London, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna and Paris.

Doctor of Laws, University of Missouri, 1922. Honorary Doctor of Science, Washburn College, Topeka, Kansas, 1925.

Career

Assistant surgeon, United States Navy (retired). Formerly professor dermatology, University of Kansas, now professor emeritus. Special representative department of natural history, University of Missouri, African expedition, 1923-1924, and expeditions for same department to Indo-China and India, 1925-1926.

Headed African-Asiatic expedition, 1929-1930, Arctic expedition, north of Spitsbergen, as special representative department of natural history, University of Kansas, 1932.

Expeditions to New Zealand and Australia, investigating habits of swordfish. 1935, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, Peru, 1941.

With East Arctic Patrol, Northwest Territories, to Ellesmere Island, Somerset Island and Baffinland, summer of 1939. Trustee Kansas City Museum.

Achievements

• Richard Lightburn Sutton has been listed as a noteworthy dermatologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as private 4th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Spanish American War. Member of the board of directors Salvation Army Kansas City, Missoury Corresponding. Member Swedish Dermatological Society, 1950.

Life fellow Royal Geographical Society, 1924.

Member of the American Medical Association (chairman dermatological section, 1913-1914), Jackson County Medical Society (president 1913-1914), American Dermatological Association, French Geography Society, Alpha Kappa Kappa, Medical Library (president 1917-1919). Member British Dermatological Society.

Member Southwest Clinical Association. Mason (32°).; Clubs: American Polar Society (New York).

Connections

Married Lena Igel, January 3, 1906. Children: Richard Lightburn, Emma Louisa (Mistress Lewis H. Moore).

Father:

John Grant Sutton

Mother:

Virginia (Robertson) Sutton

Spouse:

Lena Igel

child:

Richard Lightburn Sutton

child:

Emma Louisa Sutton (Mistress Lewis H. Moore)