Richard Lightburn Sutton Sr. FRSE FRGS (July 9, 1878 – May 18, 1952) was an American dermatologist.
[4] Over and above his contributions to dermatology, Sutton traveled widely, was a member of the American Polar Society, was an avid photographer and also a big game hunter.
As a result of injuries sustained while serving in the tropics, he was placed on the retired list, with the rank of assistant surgeon in 1905.
(Source: “The Scalpel” 1910, Volume III, published by the Class of 1911, University Medical College, 909-11-13 E. 10th St., Kansas City, Mo.
He wrote "Diseases of the Skin," a standard work on the subject in medical education; "Tiger Trails in Southern Asia;" "An African Holiday;" "An Arctic Safari;" "The Long Trek, Around the World With Camera and Rifle;" and "The Silver Kings of Aransas Pass."
His proposers were Sutherland Simpson, James Lorrain Smith, David Murray Lyon and Frederick Gardiner.
As his membership was as an Ordinary rather than Foreign or Honorary Fellow this indicates his physical presence in Scotland at that time.
He taught at the University of Kansas Medical Center, beginning in 1932; was chairman of the dermatology department from 1949 to 1956; and was a professor there until 1969.
He was co-author with his father, Dr. Richard L. Sutton Sr., and sole author of later editions, of the textbook "Diseases of the Skin."
Beginning in 1980, he was an adjunct professor of ophthalmology at UMKC, and he helped design a deck of playing cards for the partially sighted.
In 1981, he co-founded the Low Vision Clinic at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City.
degree (1929) from the University of Michigan and went on to specialize in dermatology, joining his father's practice in Kansas City, Mo.