Benjamin Gompertz
British mathematician
Died when: 86 years 131 days (1036 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Benjamin Gompertz FRS (5 March 1779 – 14 July 1865) was a British self-educated mathematician and actuary, who became a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Gompertz is now best known for his Gompertz law of mortality, a demographic model published in 1825.He was the brother of the early animal rights activist and inventor Lewis Gompertz and the poet Isaac Gompertz.
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