Claudia Burton Bradley

Early life

Bradley was born in 1909 to Alan Godfrey Burton Bradley and wife Ruby Malvina Drayton in Richmond, New South Wales. Alan Burton Bradley was the son of Henry Burton Bradley, who in turn was the nephew of William Westbrooke Burton. Claudia Burton Bradley was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 11 and was one of the world's first diabetics to receive treatment with insulin. She attended Cleveland Street Intermediate High School in Sydney and, after graduating in 1928, enrolled at the University of Sydney studying arts and pharmacy. She founded the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association in 1952 and was made an honorary member of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy. She died from a coronary occlusion on 5 October 1967 in Cremorne, New South Wales.