Jeremy Bentham(1748 - 1832) was a philosopher and reformer who invented the idea of the "Total Surveillance" Panopticon as a "humane" prison or military barracks design
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Jeremy Bentham's preserved body is on public display at the University College London, Gower Street campus. Bloomsbury, London.
"As requested in his will, his body was preserved and stored in a wooden cabinet, termed his "Auto-icon". Originally kept by his disciple Dr. Southwood Smith, it was acquired by University College London in 1850. The Auto-Icon is kept on public display at the end of the South Cloisters in the main building of the College."
The Auto-Icon can be seen 07:30-18:00 Monday to Friday.
This colour plan of the Gower Street site shows the location of the South Cloisters between grid references G4 and G5
GPS grid coordinates:
Latitude: (WGS84) N51:31:27 ( 51.524095 )
Longitude: (WGS84) W0:07:58 ( -0.132691 )
