Bentham publishes utilitarian moral and legal theoryJan 1, 1789Labels: Jeremy Bentham, An IntroductionHuntingtonEconlibUCL Bentham
Bentham publishes the Panopticon prison planJan 1, 1791Labels: Jeremy Bentham, PanopticonUChicago Press
Mill’s India history spreads utilitarian ‘improvement’ idealsJan 1, 1817Labels: James Mill, History ofLibrary CongressWikipedia
John Stuart Mill forms the Utilitarian SocietyJan 1, 1822Labels: John Stuart, Utilitarian SocietyIEPCOVE
Westminster Review begins as Philosophical Radicals’ journalJan 1, 1824Labels: Westminster Review, Philosophical RadicalsWestminster Review
University of London (later UCL) is foundedFeb 11, 1826Labels: University of, UCLUCL PressUCL Bentham
Austin publishes utilitarian legal positivism lecturesJan 1, 1832Labels: John Austin, The ProvinceBritannicaAustin text
Bentham dies; his work becomes a reform legacyJun 6, 1832Labels: Jeremy BenthamUCL LawsBritannica Wiki bio
Poor Law Amendment Act applies ‘utility’ to welfare policyAug 14, 1834Labels: Poor Law, Edwin ChadwickPLAA overviewBentham SEP
Mill’s On Liberty reframes utility around individualityJan 1, 1859Labels: John Stuart, On LibertyMorgan LibraryOn Liberty
Mill publishes Utilitarianism as a systematic defenseJan 1, 1861Labels: John Stuart, UtilitarianismUtilitarianism
Newnham College begins, linking utilitarianism to women’s educationJan 1, 1871Labels: Newnham College, Henry SidgwickNewnhamSidgwick bio
Sidgwick publishes Methods of Ethics, ‘culmination’ of traditionJan 1, 1874Labels: Henry Sidgwick, The MethodsBritannicaSidgwick SEP
Sidgwick’s 1892 presidency signals utilitarianism’s late-Victorian reachAug 1, 1892Labels: Henry Sidgwick, International CongressNature 1892Sidgwick bio
Sidgwick’s death closes the century’s classical utilitarian eraAug 28, 1900Labels: Henry SidgwickBritish AcademySidgwick bio