Paul Rohmer

Paul Rohmer
Born(1876-11-01)1 November 1876
Huttenheim, Alsace-Lorraine, then Germany, now France
Died2 March 1977(1977-03-02) (aged 100)
Strasbourg, France
Known forTraité de Pathologie Infantile
SpouseMarie Louise Kieffer
ChildrenLaurent, Anne-Marie, Marie-Thérèse
AwardsOfficer of the Legion of Honour,

Commander of the National French Order of Merit, Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium),

Knight of the Order of Léopold (Belgium)
Scientific career
FieldsPaediatric medicine
InstitutionsFrench Medicine College of Strasbourg; paediatric clinic, University of Strasbourg

Paul Rohmer (1 November 1876 – 2 March 1977) was an Alsacian physician considered the father of modern paediatrics in eastern France after World War I.