‘Present but not Voting’

Jeremy Bentham, an English philosopher and legal social reformer, died in 1832.  His will directed that his body be embalmed, clothed, and placed in his chair as if he was thinking. 

The preserved remains can still be viewed in a wooden cabinet display located at the University College London, although his head, which was injured during preservation, is stored separately.  Bentham’s remains were present at College Council meetings commemorating the school’s 100th and 150th anniversary, where Bentham was recorded as “present but not voting.”

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