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Sutton Hoo Estate in Suffolk, England, the site of the grave or ceno¬ taph of an Anglo-Saxon king. One of the richest Germanic burials ever found in Europe (1939), the Sutton Hoo site contained an 80-ft (24-m) wooden ship equipped for the afterlife (but with no body). It displayed both pagan and Christian features. The burial’s grave goods demonstrate a high level of craftsmanship and included solid gold and silver objects, such as cups and bowls, and weapons, including a bejeweled sword. There were also coins from the Continent and a dish bearing the stamp of the Byzantine emperor Anastasius I, which reveal broader contacts for the people of England at the time than had been previously recognized. The burial may have been for Raedwald (d. 624?) or Aethelhere (d. 654). Par¬ allels to Swedish finds suggest a possible Swedish origin for the East Anglian royal dynasty.

Sutton, Walter S(tanborough) (b. 1877, Utica, N.Y., U.S.—d. Nov. 10, 1916, Kansas City, Kan.) U.S. geneticist. He received a medical degree from Columbia University and practiced surgery the rest of his life. In 1902 he provided the earliest detailed demonstration that somatic chromosomes (those in cells other than sex cells) occur in distinct pairs of like chromosomes, hypothesizing that chromosomes carry the units of inheritance and that their behaviour during meiosis is the physical basis of Gregor Mendel’s concept of heredity. In 1903 he concluded that chro¬ mosomes contain units of heredity (now known as genes) and that their behaviour during meiosis is random. His work formed the basis for the chromosomal theory of heredity.

Suva Seaport, (pop., 2003 est.: urban area, 210,472), capital of Fiji. Founded in 1849, it was made a city in 1952; it is now one of the largest urban centres in the South Pacific Ocean. With its fine harbour, Suva is Fiji’s chief port and commercial centre and the site of educational and cultural institutions.

Suvorov \su-'v6-r6f\, Aleksandr (Vasilyevich), Count (b. Nov. 24, 1729, Moscow, Russia—d. May 18, 1800, St. Petersburg) Russian army commander. Joining the army at age 15, he became an officer in 1754 and served in the Seven Years’ War. He wrote a battle-training manual that helped Russia win the Russo-Polish conflict (1768-72) and a conflict with the Turks in 1773-74. He led the army in the Russo-Turkish War and was created a count. After crushing a revolt in Poland in 1794, he was promoted to field marshal. He commanded a Russo-Austrian force in Italy in 1799 and captured Milan, expelling most of the French army from Italy. Ordered to relieve a Russian force in Switzerland, he marched

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across the Alps; surrounded by a larger French force, he succeeded in breaking out and, repulsing the pursuing French, escaped with most of his army, a remarkable feat.

Suwannee \so-'wa-ne\ River River, southeastern Georgia and north¬ ern Florida, U.S. The river rises in the Okefenokee Swamp and enters the Gulf of Mexico at Suwannee Sound after a course of 250 mi (400 km). All but 35 mi (56 km) of its course are in Florida. It is the Swanee River of Stephen Foster’s famed “Old Folks at Home.” In the 1780s the bays and inlets of Suwannee Sound were rendezvous points for pirates.