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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.

George married Sarah Jeanette WESSON on 4 May 1870 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Daniel Baird WESSON and Cynthia Maria HAWES) was born on 21 May 1848 in Hartford, Connecticut; died on 8 Oct 1927 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Florence Annie BULL was born on 13 Mar 1871 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy; died on 24 Feb 1955 in Arkansas Post, Arkansas, Arkansas; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
2. Maria Beatrice BULL was born on 23 Feb 1872 in New York; died on 15 Jan 1968 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
3. George Walter BULL was born on 2 Aug 1874 in Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 30 Sep 1883.
4. Alice Maud BULL was born on 10 Jan 1876 in Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 25 Feb 1876.
5. Dr. Harcourt Wesson BULL was born on 25 Jun 1879 in Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 3 Mar 1968 in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire.