A biography of Henry Sutton, one of Australia’s leading early inventors and innovators, was launched at Federation University on Saturday.
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Written by Sutton’s great granddaughter Lorayne Branch, Henry Sutton: The Innovative Man, is a detailed and lively account of a highly influential and extraordinary Australian.
Based on previously unavailable personal papers as well as articles and letters, the major biography captures the personal triumphs and tragedies of this remarkable Australian.
It is a national travesty that these achievements have slipped largely unrecognised between the pages of Australian scientific history for over a century.
- Lorayne Branch, author
A student of Federation University’s SMB Campus, Henry Sutton made Australia’s first telephone and invented the telephone handset.
He also created the first battery in the world to store electricity and be recharged.
“By age 26 Henry Sutton had won international acclaim and graced the world stage among the giants of the scientific world,” author Lorayne Branch said.
“Henry Sutton stood as an equal alongside such men as Alexander Graham Bell, Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison.
“Although applauded around the world in his day for his remarkable achievements, Henry Sutton was largely unnoticed in Australia by his peers and the public.
“It is not until you begin to document in one place his enormous body of work that you start to gain the true picture and depth of his remarkable achievements. It is a national travesty that these achievements have slipped largely unrecognised between the pages of Australian scientific history for over a century.”
The book launch was supported by Federation University Australia to recognise its distinguished alumnus Henry Sutton.
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