Dupont Gunpowder

        Dupont is a French-American chemical company that was funded on July 1802, DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization  and ninth based on revenue in 2012. Dupont continued to expand moving into dynamite and smokeless gun powder, Eugene Dupont died 1902  his parents sold the company to his three great grandsons.The company subsequently purchased several smaller chemical companies, and in 1912 these actions gave rise to government scrutiny under the Sherman Antitrust Act.


                Alfred I.  Dupont Hospital for Children is a predictor hospital  located in Wilmington Delawere . It is controlled by the Nemours  Foundation , a non-profit organization created by philanthropist Alferd I. Dupont  in 1936 and dedicated to improving the health of children. It is also referred to as the A  I DuPont Institute for Crippled Children or more simply, the DuPont Institute.

Alfred Irénée du Pont
Born	May 12, 1864 Brandywine Valley, Delaware, United States
Died	April 28, 1935 (aged 70) Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Residence	Nemours Mansion and Gardens Epping Forest
Nationality	American
Education	Phillips Academy
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Employer	DuPont, Nemours Trading Corporation
Known for	Industrialist, financier, philanthropist
Home town	Wilmington, Delaware Jacksonville, Florida
Net worth	$56 million (value of estate at death)
Spouse(s)	Bessie Gardner (1887-1906; divorce) Mary (Alica) Heyward Bradford (1907-1920; her death) Jessie Dew Ball (1921-1935; his death)
Children	Madeleine, 2, 3, 4 (Bessie) Denise (Alicia)
Parents	Eleuthère Irénée du Pont II and Charlotte Shepard Henderson