What does Ormond mean? Ormond [or-mond] as a boys' name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Ormond is mountain of bears; spear or ship protector. Also (Irish, Gaelic) red. An Irish surname. Associated with: old english, mountain, spear (warrior), protector (defender), red, surname. Ormond has 2 variants: Ormand and Ormonde.
In 1649 Descartes was invited to Stockholm by Queen Christina of Sweden. She wanted him to set up a new academy of science. RenÃ© Descartes died, aged 53, of pneumonia in Stockholm on February, 11 1650. He was buried at the Adolf Fredriks Church in Stockholm. In death, as in life, Descartes was mobile. 16 years after his first burial his remains were moved and buried in the Saint-Ãtienne-du-Mont church in Paris, France. In 1819 his remains minus skull and finger were moved again, this time to the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-PrÃ¨s in Paris, where he now rests.
Personal Life. Rene Descartes was born in La Heye in the French region of Touraine in 1596 to Joachim Descartes and his wife Jeanne Brochard. His mother died when he was only one year old. His father remarried, while he and his older brother and sister were raised by his grandmother and a nurse.