Everything about Eleuth Re Ir N E Du Pont totally explained
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 immigrated to the
United States in
1799 and founded the gunpowder manufacturer,
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. His descendants, the
Du Pont family, were one of America's richest and most prominent families in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Early life and family
Du Pont was born
June 24,
1771 in
Paris, son of
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours and Nicole Charlotte Marie Louise Le Dée de Rencourt. He married Sophie Dalmas (
1775–
1828) in
1791 and they'd eight children. In
1799, his family immigrated to the United States, along with his father and brother's family. By
1802 he'd established his business and his home,
Eleutherian Mills on the
Brandywine Creek in
Delaware.
Career in France
Like his father, he was initially a supporter of the
French Revolution. However, both were among those who physically defended
King Louis XVI and
Marie Antoinette from a mob besieging the
Tuileries Palace in
Paris during
the insurrection of August 10,
1792. After his father narrowly escaped the
guillotine and the family house was sacked by a mob in
1797 during the events of
18 Fructidor, the entire family left for the United States in 1799. They hoped to create a model community of French
émigrés.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Du Pont brought an expertise in
chemistry and
gunpowder making during a time when the quality of American made gunpowder was very poor.
Death and legacy
He died
October 31,
1834 at
Eleutherian Mills, near
Greenville. The company he founded would become one of the largest and most successful American corporations. His sons,
Alfred V. du Pont (1798–1856) and
Henry du Pont (1812–1889), were its managers in the years after his death.
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