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Benjamin Gompertz

1779 - 1865

Benjamin Gompertz (5 March 1779 – 14 July 1865) was a British self-educated mathematician and actuary, who became a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Lucien Wolf, "Gompertz, Benjamin," Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 22, Wikisource,
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gompertz,_Benjamin_%28DNB00%29 (accessed 10/07/2014)
On the Theory of Astronomical Instruments
A Supplement to the Theory of Astronomical Instruments; being the Equation of the Reflecting Instrument

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