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.
RenÃ© Descartes was born on March 31, 1596, in La Haye, France. His father, Joachim, served in the Parliament of Brittany, France. Jeanne Brochard Descartes, his mother, died in 1597. His father remarried and RenÃ© and his older brother and sister were raised by their maternal grandmother and by a nurse for whom he retained a deep affection. In 1606 Descartes entered La FlÃ¨che, a religious college established for the education of the sons of noblemen.