Young Jeremy Bentham

Since Liam is starting to hold down food, I have started to think about education and I thought about young Jeremy Bentham. Bentham was a famous late-18th century personality - a philosopher, social reformer, and a man requesting to be stuffed and mounted at University College London (albeit with a wax head). He was also a child prodigy, reading history as a toddler and learning Latin at three.

As an adult, Bentham also tutored John Stuart Mill, early 19th century, philosopher, social reformer, but not stuffed at any university. Mill learned Latin at three, Greek at 6, and had a breakdown at 20.

The moral of the story: while Latin will make you peculiar, Greek will drive you nuts.