Background
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.
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Joseph Kirby-Smith
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He was once instructor of dermatology at New York University. Sewanee
He graduated with an M. Doctorate. in 1906. He served in the Public Health Service during the First World War.
He moved to, 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 home on November 5, 1939 of a brief illness.
Membership
He was an All-Southern college football 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. And was captain in the latter year. At Sewanee he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
