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Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith (April 16, 1882 – November 5, 1939)[1] was an American college football player and dermatologist. He was once instructor of dermatology at New York University.[2]

Early years

Kirby-Smith was born on April 16, 1882, in Sewanee, Tennessee, the son of American Civil War general Edmund Kirby-Smith and his wife Cassie Selden.[3]

Sewanee

Kirby-Smith was an All-Southern tackle for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee:The University of the South, a member of its undefeated 1899 "Iron Men." He was selected All-Southern in 1902 and 1903;[4] and was captain in the latter year.[5][6] He graduated with an M.D. in 1906.[2][3] At Sewanee he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

World War I

Kirby-Smith served in the Public Health Service during the First World War.[3]

Jacksonville

Kirby-Smith moved to Jacksonville, Florida, in 1911, practicing as a dermatologist and gaining distinction throughout Florida and the south.[2][7][8] In 1926, he was invited to lecture to the London Medical Association on the subject of tropical medicine.

Death

Kirby-Smith died in his Jacksonville home, on November 5, 1939, following a brief illness.[2]

References

  1. ^ E. Melatiah. The Kirbys of New England. p. 185. ISBN 9785872387909.
  2. ^ a b c d "Dr J. Lee Kirby-Smith Dies After Brief Illness". Sewanee Alumni News. 6 (2). November 1939.
  3. ^ a b c Wendell Givens (2003). Ninety-Nine Iron: The Season Sewanee Won Five Games in Six Days. University of Alabama Press. p. 31. ISBN 9780817350628.
  4. ^ selected by W. R. Tichenor, posted in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football
  5. ^ "Lettermen". University of the South. 1949.
  6. ^ "The Olympian Magazine". 1 January 1903 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Baker, Lily; Gailor, Charlotte; Lovell, Rose Duncan; Torian, Sarah Hodgson (1 January 1932). "Sewanee" – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology". American Medical Association. 1 January 1940 – via Google Books.