Person Montmort; Pierre Remond de (1678 - 1719) Montmort Pierre Remond de Pierre de Pierre Remond Remond de Montmort 1678 - 1719 French Male Paris, France 27 October 1678 Paris, France 07 October 1719

Clergyman, Roman Catholic Probability 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) Son of Francois Remond and his wife Marguerite Relle; married a niece of the Duchess of Angouleme Fellow 09/06/1715 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Notes: Proposed by Sir Isaac Newton International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 27 Oct 1678 - 7 Oct 1719 NA7789 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes a076fa36-5c1c-4f60-8092-e3fe75cd0261