Pierre Remond de Montmort ( 1678 - 1719 )

Birth: Paris, France (27 October 1678) Death: Paris, France (07 October 1719) Profession: Clergyman, Roman Catholic Research Field: 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) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 9/06/1715.