John Graunt, 1662, first life table for London residents
Leonhard Euler, 1760, general investigations into mortality and the multiplication of the human race
Benjanmin Gompertz, 1825, Gompertz model. (Was Gompertz the first person to use the term "the force of mortality"?)
William Makeham, 1860, Gompertz-Makeham model
Rosset 1979 reviewed the history of biology of lifespan in a Polish article.
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