Benjamin Gompertz
Benjamin Gompertz · Science & Medicine
Actuarial mathematics; the Gompertz law of mortality
1779, London, England, UK — 1865, London, England, UK
United Kingdom
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Benjamin Gompertz was a self-taught mathematician and actuary — barred as a Jew from an English university — who formulated the Gompertz law of mortality, showing that death rates rise roughly exponentially with age. His law remains fundamental to actuarial science, demography and the biology of aging. He was Jewish and a founder of the Royal Astronomical Society's actuarial tradition.
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Actuarial mathematics; the Gompertz law of mortality
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