Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith


Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith was a college football player and dermatologist. He was once instructor of dermatology at New York University.

Early years

Joseph Lee 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.

Sewanee

He was an All-Southern college football tackle for the Sewanee Tigers of, a member of its undefeated 1899 "Iron Men." He was selected All-Southern in 1902 and 1903; and was captain in the latter year. He graduated with an M.D. in 1906. 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.

Jacksonville

Kirby-Smith moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 1911, practicing as a dermatologist and gaining distinction throughout Florida and the south. 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 of a brief illness.