Born: January 21, 1802, Sevenoaks, Kent, England.
Died: August 17, 1854, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
The Baptist Foreign Missionary Society sent Sutton to India in 1825. He was stationed at Cuttack, where he compiled an Oriya dictionary, and translated a number of English texts into Oriya. He also prepared the first Oriya hymnal, 179 of the hymns being his own original work.
The American College of Waterville awarded him a Doctor of Divinity degree.
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