The auto-icon of 18th-century philosopher Jeremy Bentham will travel from London to New York for an exhibition at the Met Breuer that explores the human body. “Jeremy Bentham” (France, modeled 1830, ...

Philosopher Jeremy Bentham's severed head will put on display for exhibit, with scientists also looking to see if the famed eccentric may have had autism. Bentham, who died in 1832, was a leading ...

Jeremy Bentham died in 1832. Unlike most people, however, the English philosopher decided on a rather unusual posthumous operation. Bentham made instructions in his will, aged just 21, for him to be ...

Jeremy Bentham was an eccentric guy. The 18th century British philosopher is known for designing the Panopticon, a type of prison building with an all-seeing eye. He also asked for his skeleton to be ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Bodies end up being preserved in many ways, for many reasons, and through ...

When the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham died in the summer of 1832, he left behind a very specific—and rather odd—set of instructions for the handling of his remains. He wanted his body to be ...

WHEN I first knew this great and good man, he was in his seventy-ninth year, and quite as remarkable for strength of constitution, (though he had been always ailing up to the age of threescore,) and ...

At nearly the same moment, Jeremy Bentham and Henry Thornton adopted diametrically opposed approaches to stabilizing the financial system. Henry Thornton eloquently defended the Bank of England's ...

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