Dr Joseph John Kirkbride

Dr. Joseph John Kirkbride was born on 4 Aug 1842 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA and died on 4 May 1899 aged 56. Basic notes: He was a Physician. Joseph John Kirkbride, b. Aug. 4, 1842; d. May 4, 1899; studied medicine, and graduated from the Medical Department of the Univ. of Pa. in 1872, having previously graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy; was Attending Physician of the Out-Patient Department of the Pennsylvania Hospital for more than twenty years ; later gave up professional work and spent much time in travel, making one trip around the world and other extended journeys; was an enthusiastic woodsman, and published a small pamphlet on the "A. B. C. of Camping." He was one of the first amateur photographers, having taken it up in the earliest days of the cumbersome wet plate process, and his interest in the progress of the art never flagged; he was a Fellow of the Philadelphia College of Physicians; member of Philadelphia County Medical Society; Academy of Natural Sciences; Historical Society of Pennsylvania; and of the Union League and Rittenhouse clubs.

Source: Charles E. G. Pease