Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
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Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours was a French-American chemist and industrialist who founded the gunpowder manufacturer E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. His descendants, the du Pont family, ha
Du Pont's wife, Sophie Madeleine Dalmas du Pont
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours was a French-American writer, economist, publisher and government official. During the French Revolution, he, his two sons and their families migrated to the United St
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
…was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in his adopted hometown of Philadelphia. Du Pont was born 24 June 1771, in Paris, the son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours and Nicole-Charlotte Marie-Louise le Dée de Rencourt. His father was a political economist who had been elevated to the nobility in 1784 by letters…
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
Nicole-Charlotte Marie-Louise le Dée de Rencourt