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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-07-01 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002639b.htm person Sutton Harvey Vincent OBE AACR2 18 February 1882 21 June 1963 Place of Birth Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia Medical scientist Harvey Sutton was the first Director of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine 1930-1947. 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. 1902 1902 Career position - Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Melbourne 1902 1902 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Melbourne 1904 1904 Career position - Resident then Senior Resident Medical Officer, Children's Hospital, Melbourne 1905 1905 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Melbourne 1905 1908 Education - Rhodes Scholar, University of Oxford, UK 1908 1908 Life event - Competed for Australia in the 800 metres at the Olympic Games in London 1908 1908 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), 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, Victorian Department of Public Instruction 1916 1919 Military service - First World War. Major, Australian Army Medical Corps 1919 1919 Education - Diploma in Public Health, completed in Melbourne 1919 1919 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - Army - Medical Corps AIF - Egypt & Palestine 1920 1930 Career position - Lecturer (part-time ) in Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Sydney 1920 1930 Career position - Principal Medical Officer, New South Wales Department of Public Instruction 1923 1923 Career position - President, Section I (Sanitary Science and Hygiene), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1930 1930 Career position - President, Section I (Medical Science and National Health), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1930 1947 Career position - Professor of Preventive Medicine and first Director of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine 1937 Career event - Member, Australian National Research Council 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1938 1938 Career position - Foundation Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians c. 1939 c. 1945 Career position - Inspector of army camps in New South Wales during World War II Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

President, Section I (Sanitary Science and Hygiene) 1923, President, Section I (Medical Science and National Health) 1930

 School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, The University of Sydney (1930 - 1980)

Director 1930 - 1947

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Member 1937 -

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

Fellow 1937 -

 Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (1938 - )

Foundation Member 1938

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 'Sutton, Harvey Vincent', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Sutton, Harvey Vincent Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Sutton, Harvey (1882-1963), professor of medicine Walker, D. R. Sutton, Harvey (1882-1963), professor of medicine Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 143-144 Journal Article: Section I - Sanitary Science and Hygiene. Recent progress in child hygiene Australia [presidential address] Sutton, Harvey Section I - Sanitary Science and Hygiene. Recent progress in child hygiene Australia [presidential address] 1924 Report of the 16th meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1923 644-65 Journal Article: Obituary: Harvey Sutton Ford, Edward Obituary: Harvey Sutton 1964 Medical Journal of Australia 1964 1 496-9 Journal Article: Professor Harvey Sutton: national hygienist as eugenicist and educator Rodwell, Grant Professor Harvey Sutton: national hygienist as eugenicist and educator 1998 Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 84 2 164 Resource: B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Book: Professor Harvey Sutton: a pioneer in public health and preventive medicine in Australia Harvey-Sutton, Alistair Professor Harvey Sutton: a pioneer in public health and preventive medicine in Australia Brisbane CopyRight Publishing 2017 Book: Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians McDonald, G. L. Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Sydney Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1988-1994