In fact he was greatly helped in his mathematical education by the Spitalfields Mathematical Society which was later to become the London Mathematical Society . Gompertz, writing to De Morgan, explained how he came to be a member of the Society:
Sa katunayan siya ay malaki tumulong sa kanyang pang-edukasyon sa pamamagitan ng matematika ang Spitalfields matematiko Lipunan na kung saan ay mamaya na maging ang London matematiko Society. Gompertz, pagsulat sa Mula Morgan, ipinaliwanag kung paano siya dumating upang maging isang kasapi ng Samahan: