Isaac Gompertz
Isaac Gompertz | |
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| Born | 1774 Middlesex, England |
| Died | 25 February 1856 (aged 82) London, England |
| Resting place | Brompton Cemetery, London |
| Pen name | J. Gompertz |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Years active | 1813–1825 |
| Notable works |
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| Spouse |
Charlotte Florence Wattier
(m. 1818) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives |
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Isaac Gompertz (1774 – 25 February 1856) was an English poet. He was known for the poems "The Modern Antique", "Time, or Light and Shade" and "Devon".
Biography
[edit]Isaac Gompertz was born in Middlesex in 1774, into a Jewish family. He was one of at least 15 children of Solomon Barent Gompertz, a London diamond merchant, and his second wife, Leah Deborah Cohen.[1] His brothers included the early animal rights activist Lewis Gompertz and the mathematician and actuary Benjamin Gompertz.[2] He later composed epitaphs for his brother Barent[3] and for Lewis' wife.[4]
On 3 December 1818, Gompertz married Charlotte Florence Wattier at St Mary's Church, Ealing. They had three sons.[1]
Contemporaries, including Alexander Jamieson,[5] compared Gompertz to literary figures such as Dryden, Pope, Addison and Gray.[6] He was known for his poems "The Modern Antique", "Time, or Light and Shade", and "Devon".[7] His works garnered positive attention from Leigh Hunt[8] and were well received by the contemporary press.[9] His final work, Devon, a Poem, was published under the name J. Gompertz.[1]
Gompertz died at his home in Ebury Street, London, on 25 February 1856, at the age of 82. He was buried in Brompton Cemetery.[1]
Publications
[edit]- The Modern Antique; Or, The Muse in the Costume of Queen Anne (1813)
- Time, or Light and Shade (1815)
- Devon, a Poem (1825)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Gompertz, Isaac". Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry. University of Toronto Libraries. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ Jacobs, Joseph; Harris, Isidore (1906). "GOMPERTZ, ISAAC". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ Susser, Bernard (2003). The Jews of South-West England (Thesis). Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Gompertz, Lewis (1852). "Epitaph, by Isaac Gompertz, Esq., on the lamented wife of the author of the work". Fragments in Defence of Animals, and Essays on Morals, Soul, and Future State. London: W. Horsell. p. 292.
- ^ Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael; Rubinstein, Hilary L., eds. (2011). "Gompertz Family". The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 352. ISBN 978-1-4039-3910-4.
- ^ Emden, Paul Herman (1944). Jews of Britain: A Series of Biographies. London: S. Low, Marston & Company, Limited. p. 171.
- ^ The Assurance Magazine, and Journal of the Institute of Actuaries. Vol. 13. London: C. & E. Layton. 1867. p. 2.
- ^ The Menorah: A Monthly Magazine for the Jewish Home. Vol. 7. Menorah Publishing Company. 1889. p. 211.
- ^ Kearley, William Henry (1896). "Isaac Gompertz". West-Country Poets: Their Lives and Works. London: Elliot Stock. p. 210.
External links
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Quotations related to Isaac Gompertz at Wikiquote- Isaac Gompertz Papers at the Jewish Theological Seminary Library
- 1774 births
- 1856 deaths
- 19th-century English male writers
- 19th-century English poets
- 19th-century pseudonymous writers
- Burials at Brompton Cemetery
- English male poets
- English people of German-Jewish descent
- Gompertz family
- Jewish English writers
- Jewish poets
- People from Middlesex (before 1889)
- Writers about Devon
- English Ashkenazi Jews