Biographical entry Sutton, Harvey Vincent (1882 - 1963)

Summary

Harvey Vincent Sutton was the first Director of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine 1930-47. He inaugurated Health Week in 1921, helped to organise the Father and Son Welfare Movement of Australia (established in Sydney in 1926) and was for many years president of the Sydney Health Week Council. He is commemorated by a portrait by Joshua Smith which is held by the University of Sydney.

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Events

1902

Career position - Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Melbourne

1902

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Melbourne

1904

Career position - Resident then Senior Resident Medical Officer at the Children's Hospital

1905

Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Melbourne

1905 - 1908

Education - Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, UK

1908

Life event - Competed for Australia in the 800 metres at the Olympic Games in London

1908

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Oxford

1908 - 1909

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Charing Cross Hospital and the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine

1909 - 1916

Career position - Medical Officer at the Victorian Department of Public Instruction

1916 - 1919

Career position - War service with the Australian Army Medical Corps

1919

Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

1919

Education - Diploma in Public Health completed in Melbourne

1920 - 1930

Career position - Principal Medical Officer with the New South Wales Department of Public Instruction

1920 - 1930

Career position - Lecturer (part-time ) in Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the University of Sydney

1930 - 1947

Career position - Professor of Preventive Medicine and first Director of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

c. 1939 - c. 1945

Career position - Inspector of army camps in New South Wales during World War II

Published resources

Book Sections

• Walker, D. R., 'Sutton, Harvey (1882-1963), Professor of Medicine', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 143-144. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120161b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Sutton, Harvey', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-638959. Details