Éleuthère Irénée du Pont

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French-American chemist entrepreneur industrialist person

Éleuthère Irénée du Pont was a French-American chemist and industrialist who founded the DuPont gunpowder company, which grew into one of the largest and most influential chemical corporations in the United States.

Aliases (1)

Irénée du Pont ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French-American → chemist → entrepreneur → industrialist → person →
birthCountry	France →
birthDate	1771-06-24 →
birthPlace	Paris →
causeOfDeath	injuries from a carriage accident →
citizenship	France → United States →
deathCountry	United States NERFINISHED →
deathDate	1834-10-31 →
deathPlace	Eleutherian Mills →
deathState	Delaware →
education	Practical training at the French Royal Powder Works at Essonnes →
employer	E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company →
era	early 19th century → late 18th century →
familyName	du Pont →
fieldOfWork	chemistry → gunpowder manufacturing → industrial chemistry →
foundationDateOfFoundedCompany	1802 →
founded	DuPont gunpowder mills on the Brandywine Creek → E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company →
foundedInLocation	Brandywine Creek, near Wilmington, Delaware →
fullName	Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours NERFINISHED →
givenName	Irénée NERFINISHED → Éleuthère →
knownFor	developing gunpowder mills on the Brandywine Creek → founding E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company →
languageSpoken	English → French →
migratedTo	United States NERFINISHED →
migrationYear	1800 →
notableRelative	du Pont family →
numberOfChildren	8 →
occupation	businessperson → chemist → industrialist →
parent	Nicole-Charlotte Marie-Louise le Dée de Rencourt → Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours NERFINISHED →
religion	Huguenot background →
residence	Eleutherian Mills → Wilmington, Delaware area →
sibling	Victor Marie du Pont NERFINISHED →
spouse	Sophie Madeleine Dalmas →
trainedBy	Antoine Lavoisier →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Du Pont → Du Pont ("Irénée du Pont") →	hasNotableMember
DuPont →	foundedBy
Samuel Francis Du Pont →	hasRelative
Alfred I. du Pont →	relative