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  1. Signature. Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours ( / djuːˈpɒnt, ˈdjuːpɒnt /; [1] French: [dypɔ̃]; 24 June 1771 – 31 October 1834) 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, have been one of the richest and most ...

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  2. Jun 27, 2018 · Éleuthère Irénée du Pont. Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834), a French-born American manufacturer, founded the gunpowder mill which became the basis of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. Born in Paris on June 24, 1771, E. I. du Pont was the son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, a leading economist of the physiocratic school.

  3. Eleuthere Irenee du Pont. Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (June 24, 1771 – October 31, 1834), known as Irénée du Pont, or E.I. du Pont, was a French -born American chemist and industrialist who emmigrated to the United States in 1799 and founded the gunpowder manufacturing business, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.

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  5. Irénée du Pont I was born on December 21, 1876, in New Castle, Delaware, the son of Mary Belin and Lammot du Pont I, and a descendant of DuPont founder Éleuthère Irénée du Pont. [2] When he was eight years old, his father was killed in an explosion at the DuPont works in Repauno, New Jersey. [5]

  6. Jan 19, 2023 · Irénée du Pont Jr., the patriarch of Delaware's prominent, wealthy and influential du Pont family, died Monday. He was 103. Du Pont was the great-great-grandson of DuPont Co. founder Éleuthère ...

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  7. Jul 26, 2021 · It was here, in 1802, that Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours founded his powder works and began the legacy of a powerful and wealthy French American family. Before coming to America, the du Pont family lived in a chaotic France. The French Revolution began in 1789 as a rebellion against monarchy and abuses of power.

  8. History Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, founder of the du Pont business dynasty.. Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours was the son of a Parisian watchmaker and a member of a Burgundian Huguenot family, and descendant of a minor noble family on his mother's side.

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