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Bentham may refer to: * Bentham, Gloucestershire in
Badgeworth Badgeworth is a village and civil parish in the Tewkesbury district of Gloucestershire, England, between Gloucester and Cheltenham. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,206, increasing to 1,286 at the 2011 census. ...
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Bentham, North Yorkshire Bentham is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, with a population of 3,027 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the town High Bentham, occasionally known as Higher Bentham or just Bentham, and the older ad ...
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Bentham (surname) Bentham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Billy Bentham, English rugby league footballer of the 1920s * Charles Bentham, 18th-century English shipwright in Dutch service * Craig Bentham (born 1985), English association fo ...
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Jeremy Bentham Jeremy Bentham (; 4 February Dual dating, 1747/8 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. 5 February 1748 Old Style and New Style dates, N.S.– 6 June 1832) was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of mo ...
, 18th century English philosopher and founder of modern
Utilitarianism In ethical philosophy, utilitarianism is a family of normative ethical theories that prescribe actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the affected individuals. In other words, utilitarian ideas encourage actions that lead to the ...
* Bentham (''One Piece''), a character in Eiichiro Oda's manga ''One Piece'' *
Bentham Grammar School Bentham Grammar School was an independent school A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent up ...
, in North Yorkshire * Bentham House, housing the University College London Faculty of Laws * Bentham railway station, in North Yorkshire * Bentham Science Publishers, scientific publisher in the United Arab Emirates


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* Betham {{disambiguation, geo