| Raised
in the public school system in Ashland, Dr. Byrd received an A.B. and an
A.M. from Baldwin University in 1888 and 1889. He taught at Rust University
in Hot Springs, Mississippi for four years, and later studied Greek at Harvard
University. He was served as the chair of the Literary Department at Central
Tennessee College (later known as Walden University) in Nashville and later
as Dean. Dr. Byrd studied Medicine and Pharmacy at Meharry Medical College,
receiving a Ph.G. and M.D., and subsequently taught at Meharry for a few
years. In 1902 Dr. Byrd moved to Norfolk, Virginia where he began a successful
general medicine practice. He continued taking special courses in medicine
in Chicago. |
