Albert Étienne de Montémont

Albert Etienne de Montemont was born in Rupt and later moved to Italy as the 'Inspector General of the Departments of the First Empire beyond the Alps'. However a shift in politics saw him leave France for 14 years, only to return in July 1830.

Montemont became the bureau chief at the Ministry of Finance, in charge of statistics. In 1835 the French Society of Universal Statistics awarded Montemont a medal of honour. In addition to statistics, he was also a freemason, contributor to the bulletin of the Geographic Society and also presided over the Paris literary Society from 1846. He translated Sir Walter Scott's 32 volume works, a 51 volume 'Universal History of Travels', a 'General Grammar in Ten Languages' and other works. He also composed numerous volumes of his own poems and songs.

A good friend of the explorer Jules d'Urville, Montemont had the honor of having the Montemont Islands in the Coral Seas named after him.

Montemont died in 1861 and is buried in the cemetery at Montmartre.