Mysterious grave

Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon

University College London

A philosopher who asked for his body to be preserved and put on show.

The philosopher Jeremy Bentham left instructions that, after his death in 1832, his body should be dissected for science and his skeleton dressed in his own clothes and displayed. The preservation of his head went wrong, so a wax head was made instead.

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When: Died 1832
Where: 51.5246, -0.1340
Group: Mysterious graves

Visiting

On display in the UCL Student Centre, free to see.

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