| 词条 | Eugene du Pont |
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| name = Eugène du Pont | image = Eugene du Pont.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1840|11|16}} | birth_place = New Castle County, Delaware | death_date = {{Death date and age|1902|01|28|1840|11|16}} | death_place = Christiana Hundred, Delaware | death_cause = | resting_place = Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | alma_mater = University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1861) | education = | occupation = | known_for = | party = | spouse = Amélia Elizabeth du Pont | children = {{ubl|Anne Ridgely|Alexis Irénée III|Mary Van Dyke|Eugene Jr.|Amy Elizabeth|Julia Sophia}} | parents = {{ubl|Alexis Irénée du Pont|Joanna Maria Smith}} | relations = | boards = E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. | religion = }}Eugène du Pont (November 16, 1840 – January 28, 1902) was an American businessman who served as the first head of the modern-day DuPont corporation.[1][2] Life and educationDu Pont was born on November 16, 1840 at Hagley House in New Castle County, Delaware, the son of Alexis Irénée du Pont and grandson of DuPont founder, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771–1834). Eugène was the first head of the modern DuPont corporation, seeing the corporation into the 20th century.[3] Eugène graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1861 with a bachelor of arts degree.[4] CareerAfter he graduated from Penn in 1861, he became an assistant to his older cousin, Lammot du Pont (1831–1884), at the Brandywine Mills laboratory and by 1886, filed two patent applications for a gunpowder press and new variety of powder, brown prismatic. He became junior partner in 1864. He succeeded his uncle, Henry du Pont (1812–1889), as senior partner in 1889.[1] As senior partner, du Pont saw the completion of a new office in Wilmington and the new invention called the telephone. He also saw the rise of the dynamite industry and helped form the Eastern Dynamite Company in 1895. 1912, the Eastern Dynamite Company formally merged with DuPont.[1] After du Pont's death, the company was brought under control by three of his nephews, Alfred I. du Pont, T. Coleman du Pont and Pierre S. du Pont.[1] Personal lifeEugène married Amélia Elizabeth du Pont, who was also born a du Pont as the granddaughter of Charles I. du Pont (1797–1869), nephew of Éleuthère Irénée. Together they had had:[2]
Eugène du Pont died at his home in Christiana Hundred near Wilmington, Delaware on January 28, 1902.[2] DescendantsHis daughter Amy Elizabeth du Pont was a prominent benefactor of the University of Delaware. The painter George Alexis Weymouth (1936–2016) was his great-grandnephew by his nephew, Eugene Eleuthere du Pont (1882-1954),[6] as was his granddaughter, Ethel du Pont (1916–1965), the first wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (1914-1988).[7] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www2.dupont.com/Phoenix_Heritage/en_US/1889_detail.html |title=DuPont.com: Eugene du Pont |publisher=DuPont |accessdate=January 21, 2015}} {{DuPont}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:du Pont, Eugene}}{{US-business-bio-1840s-stub}}2. ^1 2 {{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/01/29/101932112.pdf |title=Eugene du Pont Dead |date=January 29, 1902|work=The New York Times|accessdate=January 22, 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www2.dupont.com/Phoenix_Heritage/en_US/1889_detail.html |title=Heritage: Eugene du Pont|publisher=DuPont |accessdate=January 21, 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/primdocs/upg/upg7/1861prog.pdf |title= 1861 Commencement Program|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|accessdate=January 22, 2015}} 5. ^{{cite news |author=Associated Press |coauthors= |title=Miss Amy Du Pont Dies |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0816F93E5D117B93C5A81789D85F468685F9 |quote=Miss E. du Pont, great-granddaughter of the founder of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours business enterprises, centered in Wilmington, Del., died today in ... |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 17, 1962 |accessdate=2012-11-27 |subscription=}} 6. ^{{cite news |last=Grimes|first=William|date=April 29, 2016|title=George Weymouth, Conservationist, Horse Enthusiast and Bon Vivant, Dies at 79|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/george-weymouth-conservationist-horse-enthusiast-and-bon-vivant-dies-at-79.html?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=May 2, 2016}} 7. ^{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=David R.|title=Ethel du Pont Dead In Apparent Suicide Ethel du Pont, Heiress, Is Apparent Suicide at Suburban Detroit Home|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/05/26/101550607.html?pageNumber=1|accessdate=13 August 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 26, 1965}} 6 : 1840 births|1902 deaths|Du Pont family|University of Pennsylvania alumni|Burials at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery|19th-century American businesspeople |
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