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1 day ago · “From a Bentham scholar’s point of view, it is potentially a quite remarkable window into Bentham’s thought.” In his will Bentham left the majority of his book collection to the London University, as UCL used to be called. A conversation between two university staff helped to shed light on the collection’s remarkable size and whereabouts.
16 hours ago · UCL's Head of Records Colin Penman mentioned at a conference to Dr Causer that he had been cataloguing accession registers listing books acquired by the library, and that the registers for 1833 contained many books donated by Bentham, who died in 1832.
May 17, 2024 · Jeremy Bentham is widely regarded as one of the most influential philosophers and social reformers of his time. Born in 1748, Bentham was a pioneer in the fields of utilitarianism, legal theory, and prison reform. His ideas challenged conventional thinking and laid the foundation for many modern political and ethical systems.
May 22, 2024 · Jeremy Bentham’s auto-icon, created in keeping with his will, consists of his skeleton and an attached wax replica of his head, dressed in his clothes and hat and seated in his chair and housed from 1850 in a glass case at University College London.
6 days ago · The Bentham Brothers and Russia chronicles the brothers’ later involvement with the Russian Empire, when Jeremy focused his legislative hopes on Catherine’s grandson Emperor Alexander I (ruled 1801-25) and Samuel found a unique opportunity in 1806 to build a Panopticon in St Petersburg – the only panoptical building ever built by the ...
May 10, 2024 · Study has adhered to Jeremy Bentham, the principal ideologist, who left a mountain of paper now almost fully published. However his brother, Samuel, Inspector General of Naval Works 1796-1808; Charles Abbot, Speaker of the House of Commons 1803-17; and Mary Sophia Bentham, Samuel's wife, had major parts to play in family support, especially ...
May 13, 2024 · Benthamite Utilitarianism is credited with contributing to the shape of British governmental bureaucracy and parliamentary representation after 1830. Study has adhered to Jeremy Bentham, the principal ideologist, who left a mountain of paper now almost fully published. However his brother, Samuel, Inspector General of Naval Works 1796-1808, Charles Abbot Speaker of the House of Commons 1803-17 ...
