Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Kirby, M. D., Thomas William 1867 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 75
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     Prominent on the list of the able physicians and skilled surgeons of 
Portland stands the name of Dr. Thomas W. Kirby, who has been engaged in the 
active practice of his profession here for over twenty years, during which 
time he has risen steadily in public esteem, due to his uniform success and 
his sterling qualities. Dr. Kirby was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1867, and is 
a son of William and Elizabeth (Wolfenden) Kirby, the former a native of 
England and the latter of Canada, in which country they were married. They 
became the parents of four sons and five daughters.

     Thomas W. Kirby completed the course of the public and high schools and 
then entered the medical department of Toronto University, from which he was 
graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1895. He served one year as 
interne in the Toronto General Hospital, and later practiced ten years at 
Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, and spent two years in Guy's Hospital in London, 
England. In 1907 he located in Portland, where he has since been engaged in 
the practice of his profession, specializing in surgery, in which he is widely 
regarded as an expert.

     In 1898, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Dr. Kirby was united in marriage 
to Miss Violet Chisholm, who is a native of Canada, and they have a daughter, 
Elizabeth Margaret, who completed her education in the University of Oregon. 
Dr. Kirby is a member of the Portland Academy of Medicine, the Multnomah 
County Medical Society, the Oregon State Medical Society, and the American 
Medical Association and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of 
Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a man of earnest purpose, upright life and 
attractive personality and no resident of Portland commands to a greater 
degree than he the confidence and respect of the people.

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