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Henry Francis du Pont businessman, museum founderBorn: 1880 Birthplace: Winterthur, Del. Armed with his Harvard B.A. he became a director of the family's chemical business, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., from 1915–69. He is remembered for founding the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum in 1951, that houses early American decorative art works, furniture, and horticultural gardens. Died: 1969Fact Monster/Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. More on Henry Francis du Pont from Fact Monster:
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