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Victor Marie du Pont. Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. Residence (s) Chevannes, Burgundy; Nemours, France. Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours ( English: / duːˈpɒnt / [1] or / djuːˈpɒnt /; [1] French: [dypɔ̃]; 14 December 1739 – 7 August 1817) was a French-American writer, economist, publisher and government official.
- Pierre Samuel du Pont, December 14, 1739, Paris, France
- August 7, 1817 (aged 77), Greenville, Delaware, US
Jan 1, 2017 · Economic writer and editor. Born in Paris, he trained for various occupations including medicine and watchmaking. A pamphlet on taxation (1763) brought him in contact with Mirabeau and Quesnay, under whose guidance he wrote a work on the grain trade (1764). He also...
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Pierre Samuel DuPont de Nemours, 1739-1817. 18th C. French Physiocratic economist. Son of a Parisian watchmaker of Huguenot extraction, Pierre de Samuel Du Pont de Nemours was destined to pursue his father's craft. However, at his mother's insistence, DuPont was given a sterling education, thus inclining him to pursue the more "lofty" calling ...
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Sep 4, 2010 · The story of Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours has often been described as one of success. The man was a well-known statesman, economist and entrepreneur in late eighteenth-century France and his main legacy, the famous and still thriving Du Pont company, suggests a brilliant trajectory.
- Martin Giraudeau
- 2010
Economic writer and editor. Born in Paris, he trained for various occupations including medicine and watch making. A pamphlet on taxation (1763) brought him in contact with Mirabeau and Quesnay, under whose guidance he wrote a work on the grain trade (1764). He also...
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours. Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (December 14, 1739 – August 7, 1817) was a French political economist, public administrator, and reformer. A great writer, as well as a talented theoretician, du Pont was also a skillful politician who survived the French Revolution and established himself and his family in ...
Pierre-Samuel du Pont was a French economist whose numerous writings were mainly devoted to spreading the tenets of the physiocratic school and whose adherence to those doctrines largely explains his conduct during his long political career. An early work on free trade, De l’ Exportation et de.
