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Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (/ dj uː ˈ p ɒ n t, ˈ dj uː p ɒ n t / dew-PONT, DEW-pont, [1] French: [eløtɛʁ iʁene dy pɔ̃ d(ə) nəmuʁ]; 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.
Jan 26, 2024 · Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (24 June 1771 – 31 October 1834), known as Irénée du Pont, or E.I. du Pont, was a French-born Huguenot chemist and industrialist who immigrated to the United States in 1799 and founded the gunpowder manufacturer, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
- Ile-de-France
- June 24, 1771
- Sophie Madeleine Dalmas
- October 31, 1834
Genealogy for Alexis Irénée du Pont (1869 - 1921) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
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- 1921 (51-52)
- August 2, 1869
Fragmentary papers survive for Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803-1865) and Julia du Pont Shubrick (1806-1882), children of Victor Maire du Pont, and Henry du Pont (1812-1889) and Alexis I. du Pont (1816-1857), sons of E.I du Pont.
Alexis Irénée du Pont (1843-1904) was a businessman and non-practicing physician who resided in both Louisville, Kentucky, and Wilmington, Delaware. The ledger documents his various financial and business accounts from October 1893 until November 1904, just before his death.
Genealogy for Dr. Alexis Irénée du Pont, Jr. (1843 - 1904) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
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Alexis I. du Pont and Joanna Maria Smith du Pont had eight children. Alexis I. du Pont became a partner in E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company in 1837 and continued as such until his death on August 23, 1857, having been fatally injured in an explosion at the powder mills on the preceding day.
