Graham Sutton

Mathematician, Deceased Person

1903 – 1977

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Who was Graham Sutton?

Sir Graham Sutton CBE FRS was a British mathematician and meteorologist.

He was educated at Pontywaun Grammar School, the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and at Jesus College, Oxford.

He was Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, Wiltshire. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in March 1949. He was awarded CBE in 1950.

He was Director-General of the Meteorological Office from 1953 to 1965 and president of the Royal Meteorological Society from 1953 to 1955. He was knighted in 1955.

In 1958 Sutton was invited to co-deliver the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture.

He was Vice-President of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1967.

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Born
Feb 4, 1903
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  • United Kingdom
  • England
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Died
May 26, 1977

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on July 23, 2013

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