Philip Henry Pye-Smith

Philip Henry Pye-Smith
Born 30 August 1839
London
Died 23 May 1914
London
Nationality English
Fields physician
Alma mater University of London

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

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.

Family tomb of Pye-Smith at Abney Park Cemetery

In 1894 he married Emily Gertrude Foulger, the daughter of Arthur Foulger and Martha Barclay, founder of Walthamstow Hall, an independent girls school. They had one son, Philip Howson Guy Pye-Smith, born 1896, London.

Pye-Smith died in 1914 and was buried in the family tomb at Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington.

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

External references

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Academic offices
Preceded by
Dr Archibald Robertson
Vice-Chancellor of University of London
1903–1905
Succeeded by
Sir Edward Henry Busk