DUPONT DE NEMOURS

(du-p6n dé né-mér), Pierre Samuel, I'rench political economist, born at Paris, Dec., 1739; died in America 1817. He early gained a reputation for his writings on commerce, and his exposition of the theories of the physiocrats, and was employed by Turgot and Vergennes in the public service. During the ministry of Calonne he became Councillor of State, and in 1787 was 15 DUPPEL secretary to the A embly of the Notables. He was twice president of the National A embly. During the Revolution he opposed the extreme republicans, and narrowly escaped the guillotine at the downfall of Robes pierre. From 1798 to 1802 he was in America, and on his return to France he refused all public office. He finally returned to America in 1815. Among his writings are: Philosophie de Univers, Vie de Turgot, and a translation of Ariosto.