Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
French-American writer, economist, and government official (1739–1817) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Pierre S. DuPont" redirects here. For his descendant (1870–1954), see Pierre S. du Pont.
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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. During the French Revolution, he, his two sons and their families migrated to the United States.
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Born | Pierre Samuel du Pont (1739-12-14)December 14, 1739 Paris, France |
Died | August 7, 1817(1817-08-07) (aged 77) Greenville, Delaware, US |
Spouses | Nicole-Charlotte Marie-Louise le Dée de Rencourt
(m. 1766; died 1784)Marie Françoise Robin de Poivre
(m. 1795) |
Children | Victor Marie du Pont Eleuthère Irénée du Pont |
Residence(s) | Chevannes, Burgundy; Nemours, France |
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His son Éleuthère Irénée du Pont was the founder of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. He was the patriarch and progenitor of one of the United States's most successful and wealthiest business dynasties of the 19th and 20th centuries.