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Is the dead body of the founder of the university of central London taken to meetings in the university?
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∙ 11y ago
Bentham was a British political reformer. In an age when the death penalty was imposed for thefts as small as 5 shillings (maybe $20 today), or for unknowingly passing counterfeit money, for which the humane alternative was "transportation" to penal colonies like Georgia or, after the American Revolution, Australia, Bentham proposed an ideal kind of prison, the "panoptikon" ("all seeing"), where prisoners would be under constant supervision.
This is more or less what modern prisons are like. At the same time, Bentham had unusual ideas in other areas. Certainly the most unusual was what he wanted done with his body. Bentham thought that his body should be preserved and kept on display. This would be his "Auto-Icon."
He believed this is what might be done with all famous men. His body, indeed, was preserved and is kept at the University College of London (UCL) in a wooden cabinet, modestly and precisely labelled "Jeremy Bentham."
The body as such is not visible, since it is clothed and the head has been removed and replaced with a wax one.
The body of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) is preserved at University College, London. The body isn't carried around; it's fragile, anyway. However, at meetings of the Council (highest governing body) he is recorded as being present.
It was taken into the meeting so celebrate the 100th and 150th anniversaries and reported as "present but not voting".
Only twice. In his will Jeremy Bentham asked for his body to be dissected as an anatomy lecture, later his skeleton along with his head were preserved and stuffed with hay and then dressed in Bethams own clothes in a cabinet called "The auto icon", It is normally kept on public display in University College London. It was brought to the meeting of the College Council twice, (Once on the 100th anniversary of the College and again on the 150th anniversary where it was listed as "present but not voting". Bethams head has been stolen on more than one occasion and is now locked away securely.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 8y agoWell, yes and no. His remains were brought into threelater meetings, commemorating the University's 100th and 150th anniversary, and once in 2013. He was registered as 'present but not voting'.
As to 'dead body': by his own wishes and detailed instructions, Benthams body was turned into an 'auto-icon', which is the reverse of a taxidermist's job. There, only the skin is preserved and pulled over a wooden or straw figure of the animal in question. In Benthams case, (only) his skeleton was preserved which was then padded with straw to make a human form; which then was dressed in his clothes. Originally his skull was also used, covered with a wax image of his face, but after a few student pranks over the centuries with it, the head was replaced by a solid wax effigy.
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∙ 10y agoshut up; your ugly.
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∙ 11y agoyer
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Was the dead body of the founder of the university of central London carried into meetings?
no
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