Philip Pye-Smith


Dr Philip Henry Pye-Smith FRS FRCP was an English physician, medical scientist and educator. His interest was physiology, specialising in skin diseases.

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.
In 1894 he married Emily Gertrude Foulger, 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, who was killed during the Battle of Arras on 15 May 1917.

Career highlights

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