1779 - 1865

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• Birth	05 Mar 1779	Bury Street, London
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Jul 1865	London
  Buried	Lauriston Road Jewish Cemetery   [1]
  	Inscription: Sacred to the memory of Benjamin GOMPERTZ Esq FRS and FRAS who departed this life on the 30th day of Tamuz 56[33] 14th day of July in the 87th year of his age. Here lies entombed the earthly remains of an excellent, noble-minded man who departed this life in old age and full of years. Benjamin the son of Solomon Gompertz. The science of physic was the eagle on which he soared to the distant regions of the Heaven and which bore him to the remote corners of the earth. Mathematics he made the bridge across the deep sea of knowledge. Even during his old age the pen of the writer was in his hand shedding light upon his fellow men. In the eighty-seventh year of his age he was gathered to his fathers.
  Person ID	I1922	CemeteryScribes.com
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2009
  Father	GOMPERTZ Solomon Barent [Solomon b Issachai],   b. 1727? 1729,   d. 31 Jul 1808
  Mother	COHEN Lydia [Leah Deborah b Benjamin?],   b. 1748,   d. 31 Jul 1809
  Family ID	F1237	Group Sheet
  Family	MONTEFIORE Abigail,   b. 1790, London ,   d. 10 Mar 1871
  Married	10 Oct 1810	Hambro Synagogue   [2]
  Census	1861	2 Kennington Terrace, Lambeth, London
  Children	1. GOMPERTZ Justina Lydia,   b. 1811,   d. 1883   2. GOMPERTZ Joseph,   b. 1814,   d. 15 Jan 1824, Kennington Lane, London   3. GOMPERTZ Juliana,   b. 1815
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2009
  Family ID	F510	Group Sheet

• Sources

  [S15] JC Archive. [S17] Hambro Synagogue Marriage Register www.synagoguescribes.com, Editor Angela Shire.