He was taught to read by an old woman who conducted a little school in the neighbourhood, and to write by a schoolmaster named Robson, near Benwell, a village near Newcastle; and he attended afterwards a school at Jesmond, kept by the Rev. Mr Ivison, a clergyman of the English Church; and on Mr Ivison's removal to a curacy in the county of Durham, Mr Hutton succeeded him in his school at Jesmond.
Siya ay tinuturuan upang basahin sa pamamagitan ng isang matandang babae na isinasagawa ng isang maliit na paaralan sa distrito, at sa sumulat ng isang guro na pinangalanang Robson, malapit Benwell, isang baranggay na malapit sa Newcastle; at siya pumasok sa pagkatapos ng paaralan sa Jesmond, tinupad ng Apo. G Ivison, isang pari ng English Simbahan; at sa Mr Ivison ng pagtanggal sa isang paglunas sa county ng Durham, Mr Hutton Tagumpay siya sa kanyang paaralan sa Jesmond.