Jeremy Bentham was an interesting guy who advocated for things like equal rights for women,  the abolition of slavery and many other great and important things. 

Among those things, I learned, Jeremy Bentham had written into his Will that his body be preserved, stored in a cabinet and brought out for special board meetings.

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University College, London England

Then one day his head, which was not preserved well…fell off. So they made a wax one and stuck his real head between his feet ( see picture above) .

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Jeremy Bentham’s Head

I’m sorry to say I couldn’t have made this stuff up.

God, I wish I had.

 

Jeremy Bentham (26 February [O.S. 15 February 15] 1748) – June 6, 1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was a political radical and a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law. He is best known as an early advocate of utilitarianism and fair treatment of animals who influenced the development of liberalism.