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GOMPERTZ, Benjamin (1779 – 1865)

GOMPERTZ, Benjamin (1779 – 1865)

1779 – 1865

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Public domain

1825 CE

#8375

On the nature of the function expressive of the law of human mortality, and on a new mode of determining the value of life contingencies.

Gompertz function. "Gompertz showed that over much of the adult human lifespan, age-specific mortality rates increased in an exponential manner. Gompertz's work played an important role in shaping the emerging statist…