Alfred V. du Pont
Alfred V. du Pont | |
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Lammot du Pont Alfred Victor du Pont Mary Sophie du Pont Antoine Biderman du Pont | |
Parent(s) | Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, Sophie Madeleine Dalmas du Pont |
Alfred Victor Philadelphe du Pont de Nemours (April 11, 1798 – October 4, 1856) was a
Early life and family
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Du Pont was born in
Company
In 1818, du Pont returned home to help his father rebuild the gunpowder company after an explosion that killed 33 people and injured his mother. He worked closely with the men in the mills and was particularly interested in researching new gunpowder chemical developments. The laboratory was his home. After nearly 20 years as a "powderman" and after a reorganization of the partnership by Jacques Antoine Bidermann, he became head of the company in 1837. It was a difficult role for him, and after leading the company through a recovery from a disastrous mill explosion in 1847, he retired in poor health in 1850.
Death and legacy
Alfred du Pont died October 4, 1856, at Eleutherian Mills, near Greenville, Delaware, and is buried in the du Pont de Nemours Cemetery near Greenville.
His son, Alfred Victor du Pont, founded of Phi Kappa Sigma with six others in 1850.
See also
References
- ^ "Phi Kappa Sigma International Fraternity – History". Archived from the original on October 28, 2002. Retrieved March 20, 2007.
- du Pont, Pierre S. (1942). Genealogy of the du Pont Family 1739–1942. Wilmington: Hambleton Printing & Publishing.
- Dutton, William S. (1942). Du Pont, One Hundred and Forty Years. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
External links
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