Bronson Crothers

Bronson Crothers (July 10, 1884 – July 17, 1959) was an American pediatric neurologist and a professor at Harvard Medical School. He studied birth trauma, cerebral palsy, and other neurological disabilities in children.

Early life Bronson Crothers was born in 1884 in Elmira, New York. His father was a Unitarian minister. Crothers grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and later moved with his family to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he attended Cambridge Latin School. He graduated from Harvard College in 1904 and from Harvard Medical School in 1909. He was appointed clinical professor of pediatrics in 1944 and, upon his retirement, became professor emeritus in 1952. He wrote about the importance of emotional wellbeing in children with neurological disabilities, and advocated for psychological support to be provided to these children. In the 1990 book The Founders of Child Neurology, William T. McLean, Jr. described Crothers as "one of the true greats of child neurology".