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Jeremy Bentham was born on February 15, 1749[1], in Houndsditch[2]. He died on June 6, 1832[3], in London[4]. He worked as a philosopher[5], merchant[6], lawyer[7], political scientist[8], and suffragist[9].
Country of citizenship: Kingdom of Great Britain[16], France[17], United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[18]
Occupation: human rights defender[19], jurist[20], animal rights advocate[21], writer[22], economist[23], Protestant reformer[24], political theorist[25], reformer[26]
Field of work: philosophy[27], law[28], social philosophy[29], civil and political rights[30], civil rights[31]
Educated at: Westminster School[32], The Queen's College[33]
He has been cited as an influence by Edward Bulwer-Lytton[42], a playwright[43], 1803–1873[44], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[45], awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal[46], specialised in creative and professional writing[47]; Joseph Priestley[48], a philosopher[49], 1733–1804[50], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[51], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[52], specialised in philosophy[53]; William Stanley Jevons[54], a philosopher[55], 1835–1882[56], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[57], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[58], specialised in economics[59]; James Mill[60], a philosopher[61], 1773–1836[62], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[63], specialised in economics[64]; Juan Bautista Alberdi[65], a writer[66], 1810–1884[67], of Argentina[68], specialised in politics[69]; and Claude Adrien Helvétius[70], a philosopher[71], 1715–1771[72], of France[73], specialised in philosophy[74].
He is credited with the discovery of felicific calculus[75], an algorithm[76]. Works attributed to him include An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation[77], a literary work[78].
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Where was Jeremy Bentham born?
Jeremy Bentham's place of birth was Houndsditch[2].
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