John Bulwer

John Bulwer
John Bulwer
	Engraving of John Bulwer by William Faithorne. Made around 1653 for the book Anthropometamorphosis
Born	John Bulwer; 16 May 1606 baptised; London, England
Died	circa 1 October 1656 (aged 50); London
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

[1] Richards, G. ‘Bulwer, John (bap. 1606, died 1656)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edition

[2] 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

[3] Wollock, J. (2002). John Bulwer (1606–1656) and the significance of gesture in 17th-century theories of language and cognition. Gesture. 2 (2),

[4] Dekesel, K. (1992) John Bulwer: The founding father of BSL research, Signpost, Winter 1992 & Spring 1993 P11-14 & p36- 46

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John Bulwer
Engraving of John Bulwer by William Faithorne. Made around 1653 for the book Anthropometamorphosis
Born	John Bulwer (1606-05-16)16 May 1606 baptised London, England
Died	circa 1 October 1656(1656-10-01) (aged 50) London
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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