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Oct 23, 2013 · Jeremy Bentham has been sitting in a corridor at University College London since 1850. The moral philosopher, whose advocacy of animal welfare, prison reform, universal suffrage, and gay rights ...
Oct 2, 2017 · The severed head of eccentric philosopher Jeremy Bentham is to go on display for the first time in decades and scientists are using the opportunity to test his DNA to find out if he was autistic ...
Oct 8, 2017 · The mummified head became part of the display. It was placed on a platter between the auto-icon’s feet, oddly enough. It would be another 13 years before Jeremy Bentham’s auto-icon finally got a thorough restoration, and by then it was 1939 and London was getting to be a very dangerous place.
Aug 24, 2018 · On one occasion, the head was kidnapped and held hostage for £100 but the UCL negotiated the ransom down to £10 and the head was returned. On another occasion, as the story goes, the head was stolen and later was found on the football field. Henceforth, the head was moved to secure storage. Jeremy Bentham’s head is the stuff of nightmares.
Oct 6, 2017 · In life, Jeremy Bentham was a man of many parts. In death, he comes in two parts. The philosopher's preserved body is on permanent display within UCL's cloisters, as per his dying wish. It is ...
Jun 8, 2022 · The Curious History of Jeremy Bentham’s Stuffed Head. So the story goes that Bentham was so determined that his head would become an Auto-Icon, he decided to carry around the very glass eyes which would be placed on the waxy head in his pocket for ten years prior. Sadly, when he actually died, the process of desiccation to preserve his head ...
Feb 25, 2020 · In his will, Bentham left his body to be dissected by Dr Thomas Southwood Smith, resulting in the ‘auto-icon’ which contains his skeleton, dressed in his clothing. Bentham’s actual head was considered too gruesome to display, after mummification attempts by Southwood Smith rendered the skin of his face too fragile and disturbing.
