Background
Guyton, Billy Sylverter was born on January 11, 1884 in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, United States. Son of John Franklin and Mary Lettie (Thornton) Guyton.
Guyton, Billy Sylverter was born on January 11, 1884 in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, United States. Son of John Franklin and Mary Lettie (Thornton) Guyton.
Student Mississippi College, 1901-1902 and 1905-1908, Bachelor of Science, 1908. Bachelor of Science, University of Mississippi, 1910, Master of Arts, 1911. Doctor of Medicine University of Virginia, 1913.
Oph.D., University of Colorado, 1919.
Studied University of Vienna, summer 1928.
Intern Martha-Jefferson Sanatorium, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1912-1913, Orange (New Jersey) Memorial Hospital, 1913-1914. Professor pathology and bacteriology, University of Mississippi, 1915-1920, associate professor, (part time) 1920-1926, instructor in physical diagnosis and minor surgery, (part time) 1926-1930, instructor minor surgery, (part time) 1930-1935, dean School of Medicine, 1935-1944, now dean emeritus, professor surgery since 1936. Specialized in treatment of eye, ear, nose and throat, Oxford, Mississippi since 1916.
Diplomate American Board of Otolaryngology since 1927.
Fellow American Academy Opthalmology and Otolaryngology, American College Surgeons, International College of Surgeons, American Medical Association. Member Louisiana-Mississippi Ophthalmol. and Otolaryngol. Society (president 1941), Mississippi Eye Ear Nose and Throat Society (president 1952-1953), Mississippi State Medical Association (president 1950-1951), Sigma Chi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Club: Rotary (Oxford).
Married Kate Smallwood, December 23, 1913. Children: Jack Smallwood, William Franklin, Arthur Clifton, Ruth Elizabeth.