1st Edition

The History of Actuarial Science Vol VIII

Edited By Steven Haberman, Trevor A. Sibbett Copyright 1996
400 Pages
by Routledge

400 Pages
by Routledge

A book which covers the key period in the history of actuarial science from the mid-17th century to the early 19th century. There are reprints of the most important treatises, pamphlets, tables and writings which trace the development of the actuarial industry.

1. 1760 - Daniel Bernoulli, A new Analysis of the Mortality caused by Smallpox, 2. 1772 - John Heinrich Lambert. The Mortality of Smallpox in Children, 3. 1806 - Emmanuel Etienne Duvillard, Analysis and Tables of the Influence of Smallpox on Mortality, 4. 1843 - Antoine-Augustin Cournot, Exposition of the Theory of Chance and Probability, 5. 1867 - William Matthew Makeham, On the Law of Mortality, 6. 1893 - Johannes Karup, Financial Situation of the Gotha Public Servants' and Widows' Society, 7. 1879 - Thomas Bond Sprague, On the Construction of a Combined Marriage and Mortality Table, 8. 1912 and 1913 - L. Gustav Du Pasquier, The Mathematical Theory of Disability Insurance

Biography

Edited by Steven Haberman, Trevor A. Sibbett