John Eleuthère du Pont was an American convicted murderer. An heir to the du Pont family fortune, he was a published ornithologist, philatelist, conchologist, and sports enthusiast. Du Pont died in prison while serving a sentence of thirty years for the murder of Dave Schultz.
du Pont in February 1992
John du Pont (front left) as a member of Zeta Psi fraternity at the University of Pennsylvania
The British Guiana 1c magenta postage stamp
Conchology is the study of mollusc shells. Conchology is one aspect of malacology, the study of molluscs; however, malacology is the study of molluscs as whole organisms, whereas conchology is confined to the study of their shells. It includes the study of land and freshwater mollusc shells as well as seashells and extends to the study of a gastropod's operculum.
Calliostoma tigris
Shell of Lobatus gigas, the queen conch
A vendor in Tanzania with a variety of large seashells for sale
Sea shells from Recreatione dell'occhio e della mente by Filippo Bonanni