The Man Who Had Himself Taxidermied: Jeremy Bentham

http://tomscott.com - http://twitter.com/tomscott - In the cloisters of University College London sits noted philosopher Jeremy Bentham: the man who asked to be dissected, stuffed and preserved in his will. WARNING: This video contains a really gross shot of his preserved, severed head.

Thanks to:
The Bentham Project and Transcribe Bentham team! If you'd like to help out with their crowdsourced transcription, you can find them here: http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/transcribe-bentham/

Matt Gray for the beautiful filming: http://mattg.co.uk - http://twitter.com/unnamedculprit/

and UCL Museums and UCL Creative Media Services for the aforementioned really gross shot of Jeremy Bentham's preserved, severed head.