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Dr. George Joseph BULL

Male 1848 - 1911  (62 years)


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  • Name George Joseph BULL 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Born 16 Feb 1848  Hamilton, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1 Jan 1911  Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10870  bmds
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2012 

    Family Sarah Jeanette WESSON,   b. 21 May 1848, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1927, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 4 May 1870  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Florence Annie BULL,   b. 13 Mar 1871, Florence, Tuscany, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1955, Arkansas Post, Arkansas, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +2. Maria Beatrice BULL,   b. 23 Feb 1872, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1968, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     3. George Walter BULL,   b. 2 Aug 1874, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Sep 1883  (Age 9 years)
     4. Alice Maud BULL,   b. 10 Jan 1876, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1876  (Age 0 years)
     5. Dr. Harcourt Wesson BULL,   b. 25 Jun 1879, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1968, Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F4494  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Feb 1848 - Hamilton, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 May 1870 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Jan 1911 - Paris, France Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Dr. George Joseph Bull was born in 1848 and later devoted years of study to become an eye surgeon in Paris in 1886. He wrote The Visual Effects of Refractive Error (48 pages) and also the book Lunettes and Lorgnettes in 1870. George was on the staff of the Sorbonne Ophthalmology Laboratory along with Landholt and others under the direction of Dr. Emile Javal (1839-1907), from the French Academy of Medicine. Some optical equipment was even named after George including the Bull Cross and the Bull Ophthalmometer. He was considered the most famous ophthalmologist of his time in Europe and treated eye problems and prescribed glasses for the royalty of Europe and also the Pope. While in England he was even offered knighthood which he declined. George was married twice; his first wife (they divorced in 1883) was Sarah Jeannette Wesson, daughter of Daniel Baird Wesson (of the Smith & Wesson firearms company formed in 1852). The Wesson Revolver had been invented by Daniel Wesson. Some of their descendants still live in Massachusetts, in the Springfield area and some around Boston. His brother Edward’s wife’s teacher’s sister married George Bull in Paris, as his second wife in 1898. She also had taught in a school for the blind and devoted much time to the young artists of Paris. George died at the age of 63 in 1911.