biography
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Du Pont, Henry Francis
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pronunciation:
[doo pont]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1880–1969)
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| biography:
| Businessman and museum founder, born in Winterthur, Delaware, USA. The son of Henry Algernon du Pont, he studied at Harvard (1903 BA), and became a director of the family chemical business, E I du Pont de Nemours & Co, Wilmington, DE (1915–69). He is most noted for founding the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum (1951) that features displays of early American decorative arts, furniture, and horticultural gardens. |
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