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. He was known for the poems "The Modern Antique", "Time, or Light and Shade" and "Devon"; his works received positive attention from

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and were well received by the contemporary press. Gompertz was born in Middlesex in 1774. He was the brother of the early

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and the mathematician and actuary

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, London, on 25 February 1856, at the age of 83. He was buried in Exeter Jewish Cemetery.

Publications

*
The Modern Antique; Or, The Muse in the Costume of Queen Anne
' (1813) *
Time, or Light and Shade
' (1815) * ''Devon, a poem'' (1825)

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* 1774 births 1856 deaths 19th-century English male writers Burials in Devon English Jewish writers English people of German-Jewish descent Isaac Gompertz Jewish poets People from Middlesex (before 1889) 19th-century English poets {{England-poet-stub