To discover, collect, analyze and disseminate the "elocutionary" writings of John Thelwall, a 19th century speech scientist and therapist. (360G-Wellcome-079755_Z_06_Z)

To discover, collect, analyse and disseminate the "elocutionary" writings of John Thelwall, a 19th century speech scientist and therapist My aim is to discover, collect, analyse and disseminate the "elocutionary" writings of John Thelwall a 19th century speech scientist and therapist. Thelwall, the political radical, writer, as well as elocutionist, created a medical and scientific model for the provision of services to people with speech and language disabilities. Thelwall did for speech science and speech therapy what John Hunter did for surgery. While his political and literary contributions have been reprinted and analysed, there has been little done to uncover and analyse his writings and contributions to what today falls under the rubrics of speech science, speech pathology or speech therapy. This project is an effort to study that missing part of John Thelwall's early 19th century contributions to speech science and speech therapy.