Edward Rowe Mores, FSA (pronounced /ˈmɒrɪs/) (January 24, 1731 [OS: January 13, 1730] – November 22, 1778) was an English antiquarian and scholar, with works on history and typography. He was also instrumental in the founding of The Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships (now commonly known as Equitable Life), and is credited with being the first person to use the professional title actuary in relation to insurance.
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Edward Rowe Mores, FSA (pronounced /ˈmɒrɪs/) (January 24, 1731 [OS: January 13, 1730] – November 22, 1778) was an English antiquarian and scholar, with works on history and typography. He was also instrumental in the founding of The Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships (now commonly known as Equitable Life), and is credited with being the first person to use the professional title actuary in relation to insurance.
Edward Rowe Mores was born on January 24, 1731 [NS] at Gore Court in Tunstall near Sittingbourne in Kent. His father Edward Mores (1681-1740) was a member of the gentry, and had been rector of Tunstall for twenty years. His mother was Sarah Windsor, the daughter of a City merchant. He had one sister, Ann-Catherine.
In 1740, Mores's father died leaving a considerable inheritance, and later the same year he entered the Merchant Taylors' School in London. His mother soon remarried, to Richard Bridgman, a London grocer who was of increasing importance in...
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