Harvey Vincent Sutton was an Australian athlete and public health physician.
12 Facts About Harvey Sutton
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Harvey Sutton was Victoria's second Rhodes Scholar, following John Behan, a fellow alumnus of Trinity College, Melbourne.
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The son of Castlemaine gaol warder William Sutton, and Hannah Sutton, nee Howe, Harvey Vincent Sutton was born at Castlemaine on 18 February 1882.
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Harvey Sutton attended school at Castlemaine and St Andrew's College, Bendigo.
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In 1905 Harvey Sutton attended New College, Oxford, for whom he competed against Cambridge in athletics and lacrosse.
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Harvey Sutton competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London on the Australasia team, a combined squad of competitors from Australia and New Zealand.
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Harvey Sutton become resident medical officer at Charing Cross Hospital before returning to Australia in 1909.
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Harvey Sutton served as a doctor in World War I Harvey Sutton was twice mentioned in despatches and in 1919 was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services in the Middle East.
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In 1921, Harvey Sutton transferred to the NSW school medical service, and in 1930, he became the first director of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at the University of Sydney.
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Harvey Sutton had a particular interest in eugenic approaches to the moral and physical development of children.
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Harvey Sutton believed that national development depended on state intervention in education and public health programs.
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Harvey Sutton died at his home in Rose Bay, New South Wales in 1963.