| Authorised form of name | Gompertz; Benjamin (1779 - 1865) |
| Surname | Gompertz |
| Forenames | Benjamin |
| Dates | 1779 - 1865 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Birth:
London, England (05 March 1779)
Death:
London (14 July 1865) |
| Activity | Profession:
Actuary
Research Field:
Mathematics, astronomy
Career:
Taught himself mathematics (debarred from University as a Jew); entered the stock exchange; began a star catalogue, with Francis Baily (FRS 1821) (1822); Actuary, Alliance Assurance Company; reited (1848); died of a seizure
Memberships:
FRAS |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
28/01/1819
Council:
1832- |
| Relationships | Son of a Jewish diamond merchant; married Abigail, daughter of Joseph Montefiore and sister of Sir Moses Montefiore (FRS 1836) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1866-1867 vol 15 pp xxiii-xxiv
References:
Alex D D Craik, 'James Ivory's last papers on the 'Figure of the Earth' (with biographical additions) in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 187-204 |
| Royal Society code | NA3427 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| AP/10/20 | Paper by John Walsh, Cork, on the surface of a sphere | 22 February 1830 |
| AP/28/4 | A Practical Extension of the law of Mortality announced by B Gompertz | 10 November 1845 |
| AP/21/12 | On the Variation of a Triple Integral | 1838 |
| AP/10/21 | Letter from Benjamin Gompertz, to Davies Gilbert, President, Royal Society | 25 March 1830 |
| AP/10/19 | Letter from John Walsh, Cork, to Benjamin Gompertz | 22 February 1830 |
| EC/1818/19 | Gompertz, Benjamin: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/4/111 | Referee's report by William Farr, on a paper 'A supplement to two papers published in the Transactions of the Royal Society, "On the science connected with human mortality;" the one published in 1820, and the other in 1825' by Benjamin Gompertz | 2 December 1861 |
| RR/4/112 | Referee's report by Campbell Greig De Morgan, on a paper 'A supplement to two papers published in the Transactions of the Royal Society, "On the science connected with human mortality" the one published in 1820, and the other in 1825' by Benjamin Gompertz | 14 January 1862 |
| RR/5/81 | Referee's report by Campbell Greig De Morgan, on a paper 'Second part of the supplement to the two papers on mortality published in the philosophical transactions in 1820 and 1825' by Benjamin Gompertz | 14 October 1864 |
| RR/1bis/14 | Referee's report by Benjamin Gompertz, on a paper 'On the Victorian Theroem', by Burke | 12 January 1841 |
| RR/5/82 | Letter from Arthur Cayley, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Second part of the supplement to the two papers on mortality published in the Philosophical Transactions in 1820 and 1825' by Benjamin Gompertz | 8 December 1864 |
| RR/1/121 | Referee's report by Benjamin Gompertz, on a paper 'On the laws of mortality' by Charles Jellicoe | 7 March 1839 |
| RR/1bis/1 | Letter from Benjamin Gompertz, regarding a paper 'On the resolution of numerical equations' by Joseph Agar | 20 November 1844 |
| RR/1bis/2 | Referee's report by Benjamin Gompertz, on a paper 'On the resolution of numerical equations' by Joseph Agar | 5 December 1844 |
| RR/5/80 | Letter from Benjamin Gompertz, on a paper 'A supplement to two papers published in the Transactions of the Royal Society, "On the science connected with human mortality;" the one published in 1820, and the other in 1825' by Benjamin Gompertz to George Gabriel Stokes | 21 December 1862 |
| RR/1bis/49 | Referee's report by Benjamin Gompertz, on a paper 'On factorial expressions and the summation of hydraic series' by Tate | 26 May 1843 |
| RR/1bis/9 | Referee's report by Benjamin Gompertz, on a paper 'On the rectification and quadrature of the spherical ellipse' by James Booth | 26 July 1842 |
| L&P/12/123/2 | Plate, 'Mathematical figures' by Benjamin Gompertz | 1806 |
| L&P/12/123/3 | Plate, 'Mathematical figures' by Benjamin Gompertz | 1806 |
| L&P/12/123 | Paper, 'The application of a method of differences' by Benjamin Gompertz | 1806 |
| L&P/12/123/1 | Paper, 'The application of a method of differences' by Benjamin Gompertz | 1806 |
| CMP/1/2 | Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society | 13 December 1832 |