John Bulwer, British doctor (d. 1656)

John Bulwer (baptised 16 May 1606 – buried 16 October 1656

)

was an English physician and early Baconian natural philosopher

who wrote five works exploring the Body and human communication, particularly by gesture.

He was the first person in England to propose educating deaf people,

the plans for an Academy he outlines in Philocophus and The Dumbe mans academie.