Lives: main window

The lives main window is headed by the person's name, their dates of life and death (if known) and a brief description of their nationality and occupation.

There are four components to the main window of the lives page:

  • biography tab — containing a biographical note on the person;
  • correspondents tab — a list of their correspondents;
  • letters tab — a list of the letters they wrote and received;
  • works tab — a list of works available as full-text in the Oxford Text Archive.

Works tab

The works tab lists full-text works by this author available in the Oxford Text Archive (OTA).

Jeremy Bentham

(1748–1832), English philosopher, legal writer, reformer

Works by this author available in the Oxford Text Archive

The Oxford Text Archive (OTA) — a major repository of tens-of-thousands of full-text works — has moved to the Bodleian Library to join with Electronic Enlightenment. These two outstanding collections are involved in the creation of a new scholarly resource: “Lives, letters & works”.

  • Defence of usury; shewing the impolicy of the present legal restaints [sic] on the terms of pecuniary bargains. : To which is added, a letter to Adam Smith, Esq. L.L.D. on the discouragement of inventive industry.