Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964

Dates:
Birth 1909-04-02
Death 1964-02-22
English,

Biographical notes:

Lammot du Pont, Jr., was born on April 2, 1909, and died on February 22, 1964. He was the son of Lammot du Pont, Sr., who was president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company between 1926 and 1940. Lammot, Jr., assembled a large collection of books, manuscripts, prints, drawings and photographs relating to the history of aeronautics from the first balloon flights through the 1940s. It was donated to the Hagley Museum & Library after his death in 1965.

From the description of Lammot du Pont, Jr., Aeronautics collection, 1783-1944. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122355321

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Subjects:

  • Acetic acid
  • Acetone
  • Aeronautics
  • Aeronautics
  • Aircraft industry
  • Airplane racing
  • Airplanes
  • Airplanes
  • Airplanes
  • Airships
  • Air travel
  • Air warfare
  • Alcohol
  • Balloon ascensions
  • Balloons
  • Benoist Flying Boat (Airplane)
  • Benzoates
  • Blériot monoplane (Airplane)
  • Camouflage (Military science)
  • Caproni airplanes
  • Cellophane
  • Cellulose
  • Cordite
  • Cresol
  • Curtiss aircraft
  • Curtiss
  • Dopes and doping
  • Flying-machines
  • Fokker airplanes
  • Gasoline
  • Grumman airplanes
  • Grumman Avenger (Torpedo bomber)
  • Grumman Gray Goose (Airplane)
  • Grumman Wildcat (Airplane)
  • Guncotton
  • Gunpowder
  • Hydrochloric acid
  • Methyl ethyl ketone
  • Nieuport (Airplane)
  • Nitrocellulose
  • Posters
  • Solvent recovery
  • Solvents
  • Sulfuric acid
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Wright Flyer (Airplane)

Occupations:

  • Collector

Places:

  • Germany (as recorded)
  • Austria (as recorded)