Philip Henry Pye-Smith

Who was Philip Henry Pye-Smith?

Philip Henry Pye-Smith was a physician, medical scientist and educator. His interest was physiology, specialising in skin diseases.

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 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. They had one son, Philip Howson Guy Pye-Smith, born 1896, London.

Pye-Smith died in 1914 and was buried in the family tomb at Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington.