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'''William Matthew Makeham''' (11 September 1826 – 17 November 1891) was an [[English people|English]] [[actuary]] and [[mathematician]]. He had one wife, Hepzibah Reed, and seven children, William, Amy, Elizabeth, Thomas, Frederick, Emily, and George. |
'''William Matthew Makeham''' (11 September 1826 – 17 November 1891) was an [[English people|English]] [[actuary]] and [[mathematician]]. He had one wife, Hepzibah Reed, and seven children, William, Amy, Elizabeth, Thomas, Frederick, Emily, and George. |
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Makeham was responsible for proposing the age-independent Makeham term in the [[Gompertz–Makeham law of mortality]] that, together with the [[exponential growth|exponentially]] age-dependent [[Benjamin Gompertz|Gompertz term]], was one of the most effective theories to describe [[Mortality rate|human mortality]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Andrew I. |last=Dale |title=A History of Inverse Probability: From Thomas Bayes to Karl Pearson |location= |publisher=Springer |edition=2nd |year=1999 |isbn= 9780387988078|pages=489 ff |url=https:// |
Makeham was responsible for proposing the age-independent Makeham term in the [[Gompertz–Makeham law of mortality]] that, together with the [[exponential growth|exponentially]] age-dependent [[Benjamin Gompertz|Gompertz term]], was one of the most effective theories to describe [[Mortality rate|human mortality]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Andrew I. |last=Dale |title=A History of Inverse Probability: From Thomas Bayes to Karl Pearson |location= |publisher=Springer |edition=2nd |year=1999 |isbn= 9780387988078|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofinverse0000dale/page/489 489] ff |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofinverse0000dale |url-access=registration }}</ref> |
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Makeham was responsible for two important studies on human mortality:<ref>Wolfram Mathworld, [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MakehamCurve.html "Makeham Curve"]</ref> |
Makeham was responsible for two important studies on human mortality:<ref>Wolfram Mathworld, [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MakehamCurve.html "Makeham Curve"]</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:39, 5 March 2020
William Matthew Makeham (11 September 1826 – 17 November 1891) was an English actuary and mathematician. He had one wife, Hepzibah Reed, and seven children, William, Amy, Elizabeth, Thomas, Frederick, Emily, and George.
Makeham was responsible for proposing the age-independent Makeham term in the Gompertz–Makeham law of mortality that, together with the exponentially age-dependent Gompertz term, was one of the most effective theories to describe human mortality.[1]
Makeham was responsible for two important studies on human mortality:[2]
- "On the Law of Mortality and the Construction of Annuity Tables." J. Inst. Actuaries and Assur. Mag. 8, 301–310, 1860.
- "On an Application of the Theory of the Composition of Decremental Forces." J. Inst. Actuaries and Assur. Mag. 18, 317–322, 1874.
References
- ^ Dale, Andrew I. (1999). A History of Inverse Probability: From Thomas Bayes to Karl Pearson (2nd ed.). Springer. pp. 489 ff. ISBN 9780387988078.
- ^ Wolfram Mathworld, "Makeham Curve"
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