Article: Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Dictionary definition: Du Pont, Samuel Francis
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military;      317 words ...Du Pont, Samuel Francis (1803–65) Union naval officer and noted tactitian, born ... the Navy Department, was considered doomed by naval hydrographers. Du Pont Circle in Washington, D.C., and several U.S. Navy vessels were ...

Article: Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel ...
Parameters;  June 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont. By Kevin J. Weddle. Charlottesville: University ... ground for historians. A case in point is Admiral Samuel Francis du Pont, one of the pioneers of the modern US Navy, whose ...

Article: Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel ...
The Journal of Southern History;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont. By Kevin J. Weddle. A Nation Divided: New ... Weddle restores the Civil War reputation of Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, exploring how one of the most highly regarded ...

Encyclopedia entry: Samuel Francis Du Pont
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      479 words ...Samuel Francis Du Pont 1803-65, American naval officer ... N.J.; grandson of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours . Appointed a midshipman ... Blockading Squadron in the Civil War, Du Pont directed (Nov., 1861) the successful ...

Article: DU PONT ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT CHANGES
PR Newswire;  January 21, 1992 ;     700+ words ...DU PONT ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT CHANGES WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Du Pont's (NYSE: DD) board of directors has elected ... 31. Krol, currently senior vice president-Du Pont fibers, will also become a member of the Office ...

Article: DU PONT STAYS HOLED UP AFTER ESTATE SLAYING.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 28, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... Saturday with a gun-collecting heir to the du Pont fortune, who barricaded himself in his ... teams, surrounded the mansion on John E. du Pont's 800-acre estate in suburban Philadelphia ... slaying. Although acquaintances said du Pont had grown increasingly violent and given ...

Article: Du Pont, Pierre
U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...Pierre du Pont Born: January 15, 1870 Wilmington, Delaware Died: April ... industrialist (one who owns or manages an industry) Pierre du Pont, as chairman of the board of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, was among those responsible for ...