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The man in the cabinet turns out to be Jeremy Bentham, an influential London philosopher (and the founder of Utilitarianism) who had his body preserved and set into a cabinet he called his "auto-icon" (see more here).
Archive 2009-06-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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The man in the cabinet turns out to be Jeremy Bentham, an influential London philosopher (and the founder of Utilitarianism) who had his body preserved and set into a cabinet he called his "auto-icon" (see more here).
A Bit of Soap Heather McDougal 2009
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Something that caught my attention was the part about the auto-icon.
The Tail Section » Season 4 Finale “There’s No Place Like Home, Part 2″ Afterthoughts 2008
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He is on display at a university in England, sitting in a chair, in something he called an “auto-icon” – a big glass display case.
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They messed up his head during the preservation process, so he’s always had a wax head in the auto-icon.
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