Benjamin Gompertz
Benjamin Gompertz was born on March 5, 1779. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Benjamin Gompertz
Benjamin Gompertz (5 March 1779 – 14 July 1865) was an English 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.