Crohn, Burrill Bernard (1884–1983)

English Name

Burrill Bernard Crohn

Original Name

Burrill Bernard Crohn

Other Name

Date, City, and Country of Birth

June 13, 1884, New York City, USA

Date, City, and Country of Death

July 19, 1983, New Milford, Connecticut, USA

History of Life

Burrill B. Crohn was born in New York City. His paternal grandparents and his parents were immigrants. His grandfather, who Crohn described as a “religious, full bearded, orthodox Jew,” sought his fortune in the California Gold Rush of 1849 but returned to New York after the craze for gold was over. Burrill’s father, Theodore, had emigrated separately from Germany as a small boy and was far less religiously observant than his father. He sought a future in the early years of the Pennsylvania oil industry and in mining in Colorado, before establishing himself as a merchant in Rockdale, a small town in Texas. Burrill Crohn’s mother grew up in New York City where she met Theodore when he came to New York for business. Burrill and his ten siblings (an...