Isaac Gompertz

Isaac Gompertz (1774 – 25 February 1856) was an English Jewish poet. He was known for the poems "The Modern Antique", "Time, or Light and Shade" and "Devon".

Biography
Isaac Gompertz was born in Middlesex in 1774. He was the brother of the early animal rights activist Lewis Gompertz and the mathematician and actuary Benjamin Gompertz. He later composed epitaphs for his brother Barent and for Lewis' wife. On 3 December 1818, he married Charlotte Florence Wattier at St Mary's Church, Ealing, and they had 3 children.

Contemporaries, including Alexander Jamieson, compared Gompertz to literary figures such as Dryden, Pope, Addison and Gray. He was known for his poems "The Modern Antique", "Time, or Light and Shade", and "Devon". His works garnered positive attention from Leigh Hunt and were well received by the contemporary press.

Gompertz died at his home in Ebury Street, London, on 25 February 1856. 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)