| Authorised form of name | Montmort; Pierre Remond de (1678 - 1719) |
| Other forms of name | Pierre de |
| Pierre Remond |
| Other forms of surname | Remond |
| de Montmort |
| Dates | 1678 - 1719 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Paris, France |
| Date of birth | 27 October 1678 |
| Place of death | Paris, France |
| Date of death | 07 October 1719 |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Roman Catholic |
| Research field | Probability |
| Activity | Career:
Began to study law but ran away to England and Germany, returning to France (1699); Canon of Notre Dame de Paris; bought the estate of Montmort and abandoned his orders to marry; travelled to England to witness a total eclipse of the Sun (1715); died of smallpox
Memberships:
Academie Royale des Sciences (1716)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1715 |
| Relationships | Son of Francois Remond and his wife Marguerite Relle; married a niece of the Duchess of Angouleme |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Notes:
Proposed by Sir Isaac Newton |
| Code | NA7789 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MS/82/11 | Letter from Remond Montmort | 2 September 1715 |
| MM/5/49 | Letter from Brooke Taylor, near Canterbury, to Isaac Newton | 22 April 1716 |
| MS/82 | Correspondence of Dr Brook Taylor, Secretary of the Royal Society | 1712-1717 |
| EL/W3/84 | Letter, from Richard Waller to Pierre Remond de Monmort from Paris | 7 May 1714 |