Suchergebnisse
Suchergebnisse:
Francis Gurney du Pont (May 27, 1850 – November 7, 1904) was an American businessman and chemist who was a vice president of E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company and invented smokeless gunpowder with the assistance of cousin Pierre S. du Pont.
- Elise Wigfall Simons
- May 27, 1850, New Castle County, Delaware, US
18. Jan. 2024 · Francis Gurney du Pont (1850–1904) was the creator of smokeless gunpowder and the youngest son of Alexis I. du Pont and the grandson of E. I. du Pont. Francis served as superintendent of the Upper and Lower Hagley Yards and later as general manager of Carney’s Point, New Jersey, in 1891.
- Delaware
- 1850
- Elise Wigfall du Pont
- New Castle County, Delaware, United States
When Francis Gurney Du Pont was born on 27 May 1850, in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States, his father, Alexis Irénée Dupont Sr., was 34 and his mother, Joanna Maria Smith, was 34. He married Elise Wigfall Simons in 1871, in Delaware, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Christiana ...
He and his cousin Francis Gurney du Pont developed the first American smokeless powder in 1892 at the Carney's Point plant in New Jersey. Most of the 1890s he spent working with the management at a steel firm partly owned by DuPont (primarily by T. Coleman du Pont ), the Johnson Street Rail Company in Johnstown, Pennsylvania .
- Businessman, philanthropist
- Longwood Gardens
- Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery
- Alfred P. Sloan Jr.
23. Juli 2014 · Francis Gurney du Pont, son of Alexis Irénée and Joanna Maria (Smith) du Pont, was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1870. In 1871 he began his career with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. as an operator of graining mills.
The collection consists primarily of correspondence from du Pont to his wife, Elise Wigfall Simons (1849-1919), but include items from other family members, as well as a journal of du Pont's, manuscripts written by him, and plays and novels by Alice Simons (1849-1891).
Francis Gurney du Pont (May 27, 1850 – November 7, 1904) was an American businessman and chemist who was a vice president of E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company and invented smokeless gunpowder with the assistance of cousin Pierre S. du Pont.
