The Bentham Papers database

This database contains a detailed catalogue of the Bentham Papers, held in University College London Library.

The collection consists of around 60,000 folios, arranged into 174 boxes. Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), the utilitarian philosopher, jurist, economist, political theorist, and social reformer, is a figure of outstanding importance in our intellectual heritage. A new definitive edition of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham is being prepared by the Bentham Project.

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For more information on Jeremy Bentham, the Bentham Project, and The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham visit the Bentham Project website.

The database was compiled by Dr Deborah McVea, supported by a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council's Resource Enhancement Scheme.

Portrait of Jeremy Bentham, lithograph by Alfred Thomas Sully, 1827