Philip Pye-Smith

Dr Philip Henry Pye-Smith FRS FRCP (30 August 1839 – 23 May 1914) was an English physician, medical scientist and educator. His interest was physiology, specialising in skin diseases.[1][2]

Philip Henry Pye-Smith
Born30 August 1839
Died23 May 1914
London
NationalityEnglish
Alma materUniversity of London
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine

Life

He was born in 1839 at Billiter Square, London EC3, England, the son of Ebenezer and Mary Anne Pye-Smith. He was educated at Mill Hill School and University College London before pursuing a medical career at Guy's Hospital and University of London.

The Pye-Smith tomb in Abney Park Cemetery

In 1894 he married Emily Gertrude Foulger (1860-1923), the daughter of Arthur Foulger and Martha Barclay, founder of Walthamstow Hall, an independent girls school.

Pye-Smith died in 1914 and was buried in the family tomb at Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington in north-east London. The tomb lies on the east side of the main southern path known as Dr Watt's Walk. His wife, Emily Gertrude Pye-Smith lies with him. The grave also commemorates the loss of their only child, Lieutenant Phillip Howson Guy Pye-Smith of The King's (Liverpool Regiment), who was killed during the Battle of Arras on 15 May 1917.[3]

Career highlights

Memorial

In St. Mark, North Audley St, Westminster there are two-stained glass windows in the memory of Philip Henry Pye-Smith.

References

  1. "Philip Henry Pye-Smith, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S". BMJ. 1 (2787): 1215–1216. 1914. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.2787.1215. PMC 2301248.
  2. Philip Henry Pye-Smith. Royal College of Physicians of London
  3. "Casualty". www.cwgc.org.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Dr Archibald Robertson
Vice-Chancellor of University of London
1903–1905
Succeeded by
Sir Edward Henry Busk
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