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.
The Free Library > Literature > Rene Descartes. RenÃ© Descartes was born in La Haye (now called La Haye-Descartes), into a well-to-do family. His mother died soon after his birth. Joachim, his father, was a judge in the High Court of Brittany; he soon remarried, and Descartes was brought up by his maternal grandmother. At the age of ten he was sent to the Jesuit College at La FlÃ¨che in Anjou, where his masters allowed him to stay late in bed because of his poor health.