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Alfred Victor Philadelphe du Pont de Nemours (April 11, 1798 – October 4, 1856) was a French American chemist and industrialist, who was the eldest son and successor of Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, the founder of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
Alfred du Pont first rose to prominence through his work in his family's Delaware -based gunpowder manufacturing plant, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (now known as DuPont), in which for many years he served as a director of the board and Vice President of operations.
Alfred Victor du Pont died on October 4, 1856 at his home in Delaware. The du Pont family connection with the College was remembered in 1950, when his grandson Irenee du Pont, donated 500 shares in the Christiana Securities Company to endow the Alfred Victor du Pont Chair of Chemistry.
26 de ene. de 2024 · Alfred Victor Philadelphe du Pont (April 11, 1798 – October 4, 1856) was an American chemist and industrialist, who was the eldest son and successor of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, the founder of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
Alfred I. Du Pont, Alexis I. Du Pont, Correspondence, 1904 - 1913. Business records document the early days of the duPont Powder Company at the turn of the century to its breakup in 1915. Included is correspondence between Alfred, his cousin,Frank Cazenove Jones, and his brother, Maurice duPont. The details of the duPont family lawsuit are ...
When Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771 – 1834), founder of the black powder business near Wilmington, Delaware, passed away, his eldest son, Alfred V. P. du Pont (1798 – 1856), took over as president of the family company; the future looked bright for his four sons. Alfred’s health, however, led him to
1935: Through his last will and testament, Alfred I. duPont, industrialist, scientist, musician, inventor and philanthropist, established a Trust which provided for the formation of The Nemours Foundation, named for the duPont family’s beloved homeland in France.
