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John Bulwer | |
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 Engraving of John Bulwer by William Faithorne. Made around 1653 for the book Anthropometamorphosis | |
| Born | John Bulwer 16 May 1606 baptised |
| Died | circa 1 October 1656 (aged 50) |
| Resting place | St Giles in the Fields, Westminster. |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Probably went to Oxford. |
| Alma mater | Got an MD from an unknown European university |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | writer of five works exploring the Body and human communication, particularly by gesture. |
| Title | Chirosopher |
| Spouse | Woman only known as the "Widow of Middleton" |
| Children | Adopted daughter, named Chirothea Johnson |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Bulwer and Marie Evans |
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John Bulwer (baptised 16 May 1606 – buried 16 October 1656[1]) was an English physician and early Baconian natural philosopher[2] who wrote five works exploring the Body and human communication, particularly by gesture.[3] He was the first person in England to propose educating deaf people,[4] the plans for an Academy he outlines in Philocophus and The Dumbe mans academie.
- ^ Richards, G. ‘Bulwer, John (bap. 1606, died 1656)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edition
- ^ Wollock, J (1996). John Bulwer and his Italian sources. In Mirko Tavoni (Ed.), Italia ed Europa nella linguisticadel Rinascimento, Atti del convegno internazionale, 20–24 March 1991, Ferrara, p.419
- ^ Wollock, J. (2002). John Bulwer (1606–1656) and the significance of gesture in 17th-century theories of language and cognition. Gesture. 2 (2),
- ^ Dekesel, K. (1992) John Bulwer: The founding father of BSL research, Signpost, Winter 1992 & Spring 1993 P11-14 & p36- 46