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'''Philip Henry Pye-Smith''' (30 August 1839 – 23 May 1914) was |
'''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. |
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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 medical career at [[Guy's Hospital]] and [[University of London]]. |
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 medical career at [[Guy's Hospital]] and [[University of London]]. |
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Philip Henry Pye-Smith | |
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| Born | 30 August 1839 |
| Died | 23 May 1914 London |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | University of London |
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| Fields | physician |
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.
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 medical career at Guy's Hospital and University of London.
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
- Elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1870.
- Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1886.
- Representative to Senate of the University of London from 1902 to 1908, and was vice-chancellor from 1903 to 1905.
- Representative to the General Medical Council from 1899 to 1909.
- Presentation of Lumleian lectures “The Etiology of Disease” in 1892.
- Presentation of Harveian Oration “Pathology as the Basis of Rational Medicine” in 1893.
- Publication: An Introduction to the study of diseases of the skin in 1893.
- Publication: Revised Principles and practice of medicine by Charles Hilton Fagge in 1888.
- Vice-chancellor of University of London
- President of the Pathological Society of London, 1907
Memorial
In St. Mark, North Audley St, Westminster there are two-stained glass windows in the memory of Philip Henry Pye-Smith.
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