Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Jeremy Bentham has been sitting in a corridor at University College London since 1850.

Jeremy Bentham's auto-icon is now on display in a glass case in University College London's Student Centre. Courtesy of University College London Visitors passing through the public atrium of ...

SHARJAH, UAE / ACCESSWIRE / September 27, 2021 / It has been nearly two years since the COVID-19 pandemic began and struck our lives, as well as businesses, worldwide. Bentham Science has worked hard ...

In his will, Bentham requested that his body be preserved and fashioned into what he called an "auto-icon", a task which was carried out by his friend, surgeon Thomas Southwood Smith. What is his ...

The body of philosopher Jeremy Bentham is the star attraction of UCL's new Student Centre. Not everyone is happy. Have you ever been to see the body of Jeremy Bentham? His dressed skeleton (minus head ...

Since University College London began transcribing the papers of the Enlightenment philosopher Jeremy Bentham more than 50 years ago, it has published 27 volumes of his writings less than half of the ...

In Monday’s post, I quoted Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner quoting Jeremy Bentham. Although Bentham studied, wrote about and criticized the law, he did not practice it. He is most famously ...