Mathematician:Benjamin Gompertz

Mathematician
British self-educated mathematician and actuary, best known for his Gompertz Law of Mortality, a demographic model published in $1825$.

Nationality
English, of Dutch ancestry

History

 * Born: 5 March 1779 in London, England
 * Died: 14 July 1865 in London, England

Theorems and Definitions

 * Gompertz Law of Mortality
 * Gompertz-Makeham Law of Mortality (with ) (a refinement of the Gompertz Law of Mortality)


 * Gompertz Curve
 * Gompertz Distribution
 * Gompertz Function
 * Gompertz Term


 * Euler-Gompertz Constant (with ) (also known as the Gompertz Constant)

Publications

 * 1822: Theory of astronomical instruments
 * 1825: A new instrument called the differential sextant
 * 1829: On the converted pendulum
 * 1850: Hints on Porisms
 * 1850: Hints on Porisms