| Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith | |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 1882 |
| Birth Place: | Sewanee, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Dermatologist |
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Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith (April 16, 1882 – November 5, 1939)[1] was an American college football player and dermatologist. He was once instructor of dermatology at New York University.
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.[2]
Kirby-Smith was an All-Southern tackle for the Sewanee Tigers of, a member of its undefeated 1899 "Iron Men." He was selected All-Southern in 1902 and 1903;[3] and was captain in the latter year.[4] [5] He graduated with an M.D. in 1906.[2] At Sewanee he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Kirby-Smith served in the Public Health Service during the First World War.[2]
Kirby-Smith moved to Jacksonville, Florida, in 1911, practicing as a dermatologist and gaining distinction throughout Florida and the south.[6] [7] In 1926, he was invited to lecture to the London Medical Association on the subject of tropical medicine.
Kirby-Smith died in his Jacksonville home, on November 5, 1939, following a brief illness.[8]