Jeremy Bentham (difficult handwriting), 19th century
Jeremy Bentham (difficult handwriting), 19th century
These documents consist of personal papers written by the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham, who is most well known for formulating the doctrine of utilitarianism. Original copies of these documents are held at University College London. This is a sample of Bentham’s most difficult handwriting, written when he was eighty years old. Volunteers working on the Transcribe Bentham crowdsourcing initiative (http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/transcribe-bentham/) may like to use these documents to practice deciphering Bentham’s handwriting.